Find your 2020 vision — create your best year yet

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

Padraig O’Connor and Joe Barrett, both training and coaching consultants, have joined forces to host a 2020 personal development workshop called Find Your 2020 Vision – create your best year yet. This one day workshop will take place on Saturday February 1 in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath.

Happy New Year 2020 from the French Institute

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

This is the time of the year for les bonnes résolutions. Start the new decade by joining a French class in the pleasant environment of the French Institute, Galway's very own French school, located in the Bridge Mills. The friendly staff are fully qualified, very experienced, and native, thus ensuring all students are immersed in an authentic linguistic and cultural experience.

New Year – new beginnings at GRETB

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

The new year means new beginnings, so now is the time to consider re-training to change career or learn a new skill. The GRETB Training Centre offers full time day, evening, and Saturday training courses and is continuously developing new options to meet the needs of learners and industry. Completing a course can offer many benefits from a personal and career perspective and can give access to new and different opportunities for the future.

Learn Spanish at The Spanish Institute

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

The Spanish Institute is starting the year with new courses for adults, teenagers, and children. The new term will start on February 3 and will offer a variety of Spanish classes to all levels, from beginner to advanced. The new schedule is available on the institute’s website www.spanishinstitute.ie and on its Facebook page.

Irish language classes

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

Conradh na Gaeilge is running a 10 week Irish language course for just €145. There will be four different levels available on this course, with classes held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The teachers have several years of experience facilitating classes to enable learners to develop what they hear, read, and speak in the language.

Bodhran beginners course

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

Rhythm is in everyone, and with some proper guidance from a professional teacher you could really surprise yourself and be playing along to trad music in no time.

Gotta blame it on the juice

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

Here we are in the second week of 2020 already, and how many of us are still keeping up with our New Year resolutions? Some healthy eating is a common one to make, especially if you made a little too 'merry' over the festive season. But trying to get all of your five-a-day into you can be more difficult than it sounds. Time is short, temptation surrounds us, and cravings are hard to ignore.

Brighten up your January with g style cocktail of the month

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

'I wish I was in the Caribbean,' created by expert mixologist Niall, is the g Hotel's cocktail of the month for January. Enjoy all the flavours of summer in the stunning surroundings of the g cocktail bar, signature pink Ladies' Lounge, or the Gentleman’s Room. Let the awe inspiring decor and relaxed yet upbeat atmosphere help you beat the New Year blues.

The g Hotel is the place to be in January. If cocktails are not your thing, the g also has a gin and whiskey of the month on special offer to tempt all palates. Try the gin of the month, award winning Silver Spear gin served with lime and strawberries and Fever Tree tonic, €18; or if you prefer whiskey Jack Daniels single barrel is always a winner, both neat and on the rocks, €8.50.

Have a taste of Latin America at Sangria's new Middle Street location

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

New Year, new location. Yes, one of Galway's favourite Latin American restaurants, Sangria, has upped sticks from its Buttermilk Walk home and moved just around the corner to 19 Middle Street, a location which allows for more space, more comfort, and more atmosphere.

But despite the venue being different, Sangria will continue to provide guests and locals with a truly authentic Latin American food experience. Latin America cuisine has long pleased the palates of people throughout the world.

Health tips for 2020

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

So we are halfway through the new year and it is probable, like everyone else, that you have made some New Year's resolutions and the biggest choice for people when it comes to resolutions is getting themselves in shape.

Have a taste of Latin America at Sangria's new Middle Street location!

Wed, Jan 15, 2020

New Year, new location. Yes, one of Galway's favourite Latin American restaurants, Sangria, has upped sticks from its Buttermilk Walk home and moved just around the corner to 19 Middle Street; a location which allows for more space, more comfort, and more atmosphere.

Take the stress away by using Connemara Catering!

Wed, Jan 15, 2020

Connemara Catering pride ourselves on working closely with our clients, to ensure that all elements of your catering requirements are managed efficiently and professionally. We can take the stress away from your special occasion by catering for your Communion or Confirmation, house party or pub party – whatever the occasion – so you will be able to sit back and enjoy your day.

Great Value Spring Sale at Athlone Springs Hotel

Tue, Jan 14, 2020

The Great Value Spring Sale is now on at Athlone Springs Hotel, why not take your next break away to Athlone, discover all that the hidden heartlands has to offer.

An old Galway taxi rank

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

The word ‘hackney’ derives from the place name Hackney in London which supplied horses from the surrounding meadows. An ordinance for the regulation of hackney coachmen in London was approved by the English Parliament in 1654 to “remedy the many inconveniences [that] do daily arise by reason of the late increase and great irregularity of coaches and coachmen.” The first hackney carriage licences date from 1662. Licences applied literally to horse-drawn carriages, later modernised to ‘hansom cabs’ that operated as vehicles for hire.

The girl with the green coat, and so on….

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

It is not a general practice anymore to have a paying student living in your house. But in earlier years a live-in student was generally seen as a blessing. He or she paid a modest sum for a bed and three meals a day, the parents of the young prodigy were delighted that he or she was safe in a ‘good home’, and it was handy pocket money for the lady of the house who looked after them. It was a common practice all over the town but for a time was concentrated in the areas of Salthill, College Road, Canal Road, Fr Griffin Road and Newcastle.

GRETB launches Skills to Advance programme

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

GRETB has launched the Skills to Advance programme, an initiative to support small and medium enterprises in maintaining and building staff skills and competencies. GRETB's director of further education and training, Eithne Nic Dhonnchadha, believes that continuous professional development is central to economic development and security of employment.

Happy New Year from the French Institute

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

This is the time of the year for les bonnes résolutions. Start the new decade by joining a French class in the pleasant environment of the French Institute, Galway's very own French school, located in the Bridge Mills. The friendly staff are fully qualified, very experienced, and native, thus ensuring all students are immersed in an authentic linguistic and cultural experience.

Mindful self-compassion training for wellbeing

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

Our mental attitudes, beliefs, and expectations can have a big influence on whether we thrive and prosper or stagnate and decline. Rick Hanson, an eminent neuropsychologist, describes how the brain has a negativity bias designed to keep us safe rather than happy. He says that this makes our brain like Velcro for bad experience and Teflon for good experience.

Sean-nós singing workshops at NUI Galway

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

Caitlín Ní Chualáin, sean-nós singer-in-residence at NUI Galway, will give a second series of sean-nós singing workshops beginning at 7pm on Tuesday, January 14, and running every second week until February 11. The workshops will take place in the seminar room at the Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway.

NUI Galway to hold information evening for mature students and adult learners

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

NUI Galway will hold an information evening next week focusing on the needs of mature students and adult learners who may be considering full-time or part-time studies for the 2020 academic year. The evening will take place on Wednesday, January 15, from 5.30pm to 8.30pm in the Institute for Lifecourse and Society on NUI Galway’s north campus.

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