Get in shape faster with diet, exercise, and metabolism correction

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

There are three main keys to genuine weight loss — food, exercise and correcting your metabolism faults. All three keys interconnect — one will not work without the others.

All your painting needs at B&C Paints

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

B&C Paints has one of the most comprehensive ranges of paints of any major coatings company in Ireland, North or South.

Krav maga classes starting at Connacht Taekwon-do Academy

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

Classes in krav maga self defence will begin shortly in Galway. Krav maga means ‘contact combat’ in Hebrew. It is a practical and tactical system that teaches how to prevent, deal with, and overcome all kinds of violence and attacks. Developed in Israel, this system has been tried and tested in many real life situations and is used today by Israel's armed forces and by many law enforcement and military units around the world.

Take the Great Western Greenway challenge for Cystic Fibrosis West

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

This month sees the launch of a new annual fundraiser to help the Cystic Fibrosis West team to raise much-needed finance for a new specialised day care unit for people with cystic fibrosis in the west of Ireland.

Gate Dental Clinic named Best Practice of the West at the Irish Dental Awards

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

At the inaugural Irish Dentist Awards, Dr Paul Moore, Dr Paul Browne, Dr Emily Clarke, and Dr Ian Wellings of Gate Dental Clinic, Dock Road, Galway, were overall winners of the Irish Dentist Practice of the Year for the West of Ireland and the Best Website.

How healthy is your heart?

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

Erina MacSweeney BSc (Hon) Dip CNM MIANT will offer customers of Matt O’Flaherty Chemists advice on cardiovascular problems including angina and high cholesterol today (Thursday) and Friday. Ms MacSweeney will offer cardiovascular screenings using the new B Pro device in Matt O’Flaherty Pharmacy, William Street, on both days.

A new you

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

Are you bored with the way you look? Would you like a makeover but are limited by an unhealthy bank balance?

Athletics in St Mary’s College

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

St Mary’s opened in 1912 with 60 boarders and 17 day boys. The first school sports there took place in 1928, and since then the college has produced many fine athletes in track and field. The first mention of All-Ireland sports in the annals of the school concerns Tom Fahy, who in 1938 set a new Irish record for the 12lb shot. In 1939 the school won its first Connacht Schools title; in 1943, it won three titles, four in 1946, and five in 1947. In that last year, one athlete, Martin Kilmartin, won three golds, and set records in both the triple jump and the long jump. In 1948 the college again won five titles, and in 1950 John Linnane set a new Irish record in the pole vault.

Characteristics of a ‘half-civilized’ people

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

In the late 18th and mid 19th centuries, at least 28 German travel writers wrote extensively about Ireland. I’ll tell some of what a few of them had to say in the weeks ahead, but by far the most colourful was Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Puckler-Muskau. He lived his 86 years to the full. As a dashing cavalry officer he fought against Napoleon until he inherited Muskau Park near Berlin to which he added brilliant landscapes and gardens. He searched for the source of the Nile, and fought off bandits in the deserts of North Africa. He walked through much of Europe, taking notes of his observations all of which were eventually published. In 1814 he visited England and delighted the dandy Prince of Wales by introducing the rectangular monocle. His struggle with the English language caused laughter in high society, and generally he was a source of amusement; but he seemed to have enjoyed himself immensely.*

As well as his reputation as a witty writer, artist, traveller, landscape designer, bon vivant, he was a notorious womaniser. He employed Germany’s fastest sprinter, Ernst Mensen, to bring love messages to society ladies of Berlin. He created a sensation when he arrived at the fashionable Café Kranzler on the Unter den Linden, in a carriage drawn by four stags. He caused gasps when he leapt over the parapet of the Elbe bridge on horseback, the animal and its rider falling eight metres into the water below. All these shenanigans cost a great deal of money. Puckler, no doubt heartened by his reception on his previous visit, returned to England in 1826 seeking a wealthy wife. Having examined all possible candidates in London, and finding none suitable to his tastes, he travelled to Ireland because, as he wrote to his mother, he considered Ireland rather than England to be the country for finding the hoped-for prize.

Rowing on the Corrib

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

Rowing ‘matches’ or ‘badge races’ have been taking place on the river for at least 150 years. Initially, they were confined to members of Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club, as it was the only boating club in existence here. When the Commercial Club was formed in 1875, a meeting was held to promote a regatta on the stretch of river under Menlo Castle. It was well attended, and there was general agreement that the regatta should be independent of both clubs, and open to everybody.

Oscar Wilde believed that Balfour did WS Blunt a favour

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

Week III

The Galway Lions Club, a brief history

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Lions International is a worldwide organisation with more than one million members, united in their aims under the motto “We serve”. The Galway Lions Club was formed 40 years ago, and since then has been a very active group in helping the less fortunate members of our community. Essentially, what members do is very good work, and they enjoy doing it, but none of it would have been possible without the remarkably generous support of the general public.

The prisoner in the long, warm, overcoat

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Week II

Mindy Browne’s at La Maison Chic

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Mindy Browne’s Interiors, based in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, is an Irish-run business with more than 20 years’ experience in giftware and home interiors. Mindy Browne’s, sister brand to Genesis Fine Arts, has developed into Ireland’s leading giftware and home interiors brand. The company’s new range is now available at La Maison Chic, with 20 per cent off mirrors, lighting, and furniture until the end of March.

Lunch at The g

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

The last few years seem to have seen an explosion in the market for eating out on Sundays. Once upon a time it was not considered acceptable to make others work on a Sunday, but I think that day is past (for good or ill), Perhaps it is because so many people do not get a chance to sit down together during the week and they feel that their treat is to eat out together on Sunday. For some it is absolutely every Sunday, for others it is the occasional treat. I often ask restaurant and hotel owners what their business is like on Sundays, and I am regularly astounded by the number of covers they do on a Sunday, it is enormous. Often it is an excuse to bring together extended family for a meal out without breaking the bank, and most establishments make particular efforts to see that children are catered for, thus making it less stressful on parents.

Give your house a makeover and save on your energy bills with EuroExternal from EuroHome Building Systems

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

EuroHome Building Systems will hold an information evening today (Thursday) on its newest product, EuroExternal external wall insulation.

Forty five homes in Galway found with high levels of cancer-causing radon gas

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Twenty three per cent of Galway homes recently tested for radon were found to have high levels of the cancer-causing gas according to figures released today by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII).

GMIT Hotel School to host Titanic commemorative dinner

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

The Hotel School at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology is holding what the school says will be one of the best Titanic commemorative events this year, an 11-course black tie dinner replicating the meal served to guests in the first class dining room on the RMS Titanic. Tickets are already sold out for the event, which takes place on Wednesday 21 March in aid of the Galway RNLI Lifeboat.

Slender rounds up couch potatoes in Ballina

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Leading natural slimming supplement Slender attracted couch potatoes from all over Co Mayo last week and put the spotlight on stress snacking at an event in Molloy’s Pharmacy in Bunree, Ballina, Co Mayo.

Breads, cakes, and buns at Alan’s Bakery

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

The smell of freshly baked bread wafting from a bakery is one of the most universally liked aromas. It is especially nostalgic for me, as when I was about 14 years old I worked for two summers in Toohey’s bakery in Loughrea. As it was located at the bottom of our garden I had always loved the smell when I called in on the way home from school. John Toohey was a gentleman and while I was expected to do my bit in about 100 degrees heat I was well looked after. One of the ovens was a coal/coke fired monstrosity with a huge sliding heavy metal tray that cooked 144 loaves at a time. When it was pulled out all the bread had to be taken off by hand, and I quickly developed hands that could tolerate hot tins and bread. And of course that smell, fantastic, and many a time we would pull open a hot loaf and lash on the fresh butter.

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