Il Vicolo

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

Opened on Buttermilk Walk more than two years ago, Il Vicolo is that clever combination of day-time cafe, wine bar, and restaurant. Breakfast, lunch, coffee, cake, dinner, and wine, it has the lot. Owned and run by Aoife Flaherty and Gerry McMahon, you have to admire the way they have made this very 'Tardis-like' space work for them. Things are a little better now than at the beginning with an small external kitchen giving the staff a little more room to breathe, but it is still bijoux by anyone's standards.

Juice your way to a healthier you with Health and Herbs

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

Health and Herbs is an integrated health clinic and herbal dispensary situated at 9 Sea Road in Galway. It was founded in 1999 by Dr Dilis Clare, the only GP in Ireland who is also qualified in herbal medicine.

MacLiammóir’s magic captivates an innocent Galway

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

Geraldine Neeson, whose family kept theatre people when they visited Cork, described Mícheál MacLiammóir ‘as beautiful as a young god’, and his companion Hilton Edwards as a man endowed ‘with exuberant spirit and all-embracing gestures,’ diplomatically hinting that perhaps he was somewhat less prepossessing.

Fifty years a-dancing

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

The word ceili means a gathering of neighbours in one house, which emphasised the social nature of the gathering. This inevitably led to music, singing, and dancing, to people doing their party pieces. There were a lot of ceilis in Mick and Maisie Hession’s household on Kingshill in Salthill. Mick Hession was an uileann piper who played a number of other instruments as well, and he regularly had other musicians visit the house for sessions.

Top shoe styles

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

What are the best dressed feet wearing this season? Court shoes, according to Brown Thomas. The toe shape is pointed, either short which has more vintage appearance, as seen at Saint Laurent Paris or the “long nose” at Kurt Geiger.

Cold comfort

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

If you are one of the unlucky people who is battling to beat a cold which has extended into your chest then a remedy from Health and Herbs clinic at Sea Road may be the answer.

Wake up to colour

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Fancy moving away from the darkness of winter and embracing all that is bright and cheery?

Fresh looks for spring

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Fresh femininity and vibrant colours are the keynotes of the spring/summer collection from Brown Thomas Galway.

The scent of spring

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Lancome’s latest fragrance, La vie est belle L’Eau de Toilette, is a delicate scent.

The latest techniques in facial aesthetics with Forster Court Dental

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Dr Mary Colbert and her team at Forster Court Dental were the first dental practice to introduce facial aesthetics to Galway and the west of Ireland. In the past few months, the practice has unveiled the latest modern, progressive, treatments including mesotherapy, and more recently protein rich growth factor, or PRGF Endoret.

Expand your life in three weeks

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Harvey Wasserman’s Expand Your Life In Three Weeks workshops have one major purpose — to demonstrate that many emotional problems can respond to simple techniques. Wasserman will present exercises that help with depression, anxiety, and other emotional problems. They will help identify negative thinking and the many beliefs and experiences that limit personal growth and expansion.

“I have learned many of my expansive exercises from the great teachers of the past 50 years, Virginia Satir, Milton Erickson, Al Lowen, and many others,” Mr Wasserman said. “I have studied with native healers around the world and created original experiences of my own. ‘Workshop’ means that I work and you as attendees work, experiencing and perhaps voluntarily sharing your personal experiences. Feedback from past workshops has been very positive, with a few reports of transformational experiences — the lifting of a chronic depression, losing an alcohol addiction.”

Migraine and headache relief with Care Cure Acupuncture

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Most types of head pain are classified as tension, chronic, or migraine headaches. Chronic headaches occur every day, whereas migraine headaches are usually one-sided and moderate or severe in intensity. However no matter what the category, the pain of ongoing headaches can impact every aspect of life and cause emotional stress to the sufferer.

Results made easier at the Coast Club

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Set on the Connemara Coast overlooking Galway Bay, the Coast Club leisure centre is the ideal place if you want to improve physical fitness, pamper yourself, or simply escape the pressures of modern life. The club is packed full of activities and services that make it a pleasure to visit for both young and old. Opening at 6.30am, the Coast Club can accommodate early birds.

Lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

There are three keys to a genuine weight loss (real fat loss) plan — diet, exercise, and metabolism correction. All three keys interconnect — one will not work without the other.

Discover the benefits of acupuncture

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Acupuncture has been practised in China for thousands of years. Underlying it is a theory of medicine which is very sophisticated and produces extraordinary results. Energy flows through meridians or pathways that connect to the internal organs.

In spring, energy peaks in the liver and gallbladder systems, problems here will manifest as a rancid body odour, sluggishness, headache, constipation, craving for chocolate, tendon or ligament problems, indigestion, inflexibility, eye complaints, and quickness to anger and resentment. Gallbladder problems will often cause difficulty losing weight. The Chinese speak of a person with a big gallbladder as being courageous, and equate a small gallbladder with timidity.

The 1956 All Ireland final

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

“Grey beards may tell tall stories of ‘The days when men were men’ but never, I feel certain, was there an All-Ireland Senior Football final so completely, and let me add, so distressingly satisfying as the 1956 decider yesterday in Croke Park where Galway defeated Cork by 2 – 13 to 3 – 7.

An Taibhdhearc - Spreading the News

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

Almost five years following a disastrous fire, Ireland’s unique Irish theatre An Taibhdhearc, situated in the very heart of the city, has opened its doors again. Perhaps the fire may have been a blessing in disguise. The theatre has reopened in a confident mood. Its distinctive new signage makes its mark, especially on dark winter evenings; and its facilities have been up-dated both for the audience and actors. Yet it has retained its remembered intimacy, and sense of Irishness. Micheál MacLiammóir’s golden Celtic peacocks, on the black fire-curtain, proudly remain as rampant as ever!

How to choose a good babysitter

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

1. If you are new to an area or just do not know anyone who babysits start by asking around. Find out from friends and neighbours who they get to look after their children. If you draw a blank here try advertising. Put a notice in your local shop/library or in the small ads section of this newspaper.

New wonder product in fight against wrinkles

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

New to Therapie Clinic, Shop Street, in Galway, is the Rapid Collagen Infusion from skincare genius Dr Howard Murad.

New technology for Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

It is great to see the introduction of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) in the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. While this is an expansion on what families are already doing, we need to revolutionise our interventions to the highest possible levels.

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