Hotel Meyrick - a fine dining gem in the heart of Galway

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

If you thought that a well cooked meal complete with great service and relaxing atmosphere was near to impossible to find in Galway these days, well look again, because there’s still a gem of a restaurant to be found at the Hotel Meyrick in Eyre Square.

Lipsy collection now available at Anthony Ryan’s

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Lipsy, the red carpet label of choice for celebrities in the know, is now available at Anthony Ryan’s.

Kate and Ava unveil autumn/winter 08 collection

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Kate and Ava’s autumn/winter collection hits the shops this month and is being sold in a large number of stockists due to the popular demand of their stylish designs.

Magnify your lip colour

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

New Smashbox Double Take, a double ended lip pencil and co-ordinated creamy lip colour all in one, gives powerful, vibrant, colour that glides on velvety smooth and last for hours.

home ground

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

What is underfoot in the garden is as important as the shrubs, trees, etc, growing in it. Believe it or not pathways and ground surfacing in general can be as decorative as it is functional.

Ground surfacing/covering need not be expensive or elaborate and the variety of surfacing available is endless. Even surfacing done on a budget can be attractive. Never fear!

Go Victorian on your bathroom

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

The bathroom is the perfect place to add all the charm and opulence of the Victorian era. The timelessness design of the Adelphi suite has been the best selling collection from the Shires portfolio to date. Combining tradition and quality, the easy clean glaze of the suite brings a modern benefit to make your life that little bit easier.

Conserve energy with CREM

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

CREM’s mission is to promote the conservation and sensible use of our scarce and depleting energy resources. To promote this aim, CREM specialises in providing information through education, assessments, and consultancy on the efficient use of energy in our everyday lives through the services is provides.

CREM Ltd will carry out BER Assessments on your property (see accompanying advertisement) and advise you on how to improve your building energy rating. Building energy ratings are required for all new dwellings from July 2007 and for all buildings sold, leased, or rented from January 2009.

The egg and butter market

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Hely Dutton in his “Statistical and Agricultural Survey of the County of Galway” which was published in 1824, wrote, “The vegetable market near the Main Guard is generally well supplied and at reasonable rates ; all kinds come to market washed, by which means any imperfection is easily detected. The cabbage raised near the sea on seaweed is particularly delicious ---- those who have been used to those cultivated on highly manured ground cannot form any idea of the difference. There are also in the season peaches, strawberries, gooseberries, apples, pears etc.

How Ireland lost thirty nine famous paintings – Week II

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

The sinking of the Lusitania on May 7 1915, off the Cork coast, by a German submarine electrified Ireland, Britain and America. In Ireland, the fact that German submarines were lurking so close to the Irish shore, added fuel to the propaganda that Germany was planning to invade the country. It spurred recruitment into the armed forces. In Britain, the shameful practice of using passenger liners to carry munitions across the Atlantic without telling the passengers they were in effect travelling on a British war ship, was to come to an end. But it was too late for more than 1,000 men, women and children who lost their lives. And ironically for Germany, the Lusitania proved to be a Pearl Harbour. Among the dead were 114 Americans which caused such an outcry in the US that it led to their coming into the war, and ultimate victory for the Allies.

Coping with life

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

When you wake up in the morning do you wish you could go back to sleep? Does getting through each day seem difficult and exhausting?

If so, you are not alone. You may be one of the many people who are juggling several roles at once and find little free time to recharge your batteries. Or maybe you are recovering from an illness or emotional upheaval and feel your energy is spent. The simplest tasks seem to require huge effort and you feel you just cannot keep up with the world.

Get to know your grapes with The Twelve’s wine tasting package

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Whether you’re winging it when it comes to wine, or a wannabe sommelier, a new wine tasting package from The Twelve in Barna will bring you up to speed on choosing and appreciating wines for all occasions.

Festival foods

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

For those who do not attend festivals such as the Electric Picnic, Mantua, Solas, etc, you may wonder what the standard of food at such a festival is like in 2008. Perhaps you have children who attend these outdoor festivals and worry that they will be eating lots of greasy burgers and dodgy frankfurters. Indeed my own memories of concerts are that you could smell the chip vans long before you saw the concert stage, and yes it is a miracle that more of us were not as sick as dogs (we probably were but nobody cared too much).

Organic salmon and vegetable fritters with wild rocket and vegetable dressing

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Wild salmon would be far better for this dish but due to the sustainability of wild salmon the organic salmon makes a good substitute.

Shimmer in the nude

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Bobbi Brown is renowned for her beautiful and natural looking make-up collections and the newest shimmering nudes edition is no different.

Meet your eye-deal match with Bare Escentuals

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Bare Escentuals introduces the most wearable trio of complementing colours your eyes will ever meet. This family of easy-to-apply eye shadows has been tried and tested on a wide range of skin tones and eye colours to ensure these shades will be wearable on you.

Colours have been tried and tested to assure day long, year round wearability. Following the purely natural ethos of Bare Escentuals make up the 100 per cent pure bareMinerals eye shadows have been specially formulated with just the right amount of coverage and opacity. Each collection includes a light, medium, and dark bareMinerals eye shadow colour for different areas of the eye.

Galway Shopping Centre to hold fashion show in aid of Croí

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Ensure you’ll be stepping out in style for this year’s party season with a visit to the west’s top fashion event with Galway Shopping Centre. Taking centre stage on October 1 in The Ardilaun, Galway Shopping Centre retailers will showcase their latest autumn/winter collections that include the best of this season’s party trends. The fashion show this year will be held in aid of Croí and will be hosted by well known TV personality Daithí Ó Sé.

Galway Future Homes & Building Exhibition for November

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Galway Future Homes & Building Exhibition will return in November with inspiration, ideas, advice, and designs for anyone building, extending, or refurbishing their home.

Take a load off your mind with energy-saving laundry pair

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Do a full load of washing in just 18 minutes with this energy-saving laundry pair from US manufacturer Maytag.

home ground

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

I find that many people only think of planting bulbs when they see the bright yellow rows of daffodils in flower by our dual carriageways in spring, or when blown away by the magic of bluebells in flower in our local woodlands and so on, again in spring. Now is the time for planting such bulbs, not when they are actually flowering during the spring months of the year. Tiptoeing through the tulips is all well and good provided that they are planted in time during the autumn for February to April effect.

If you are enticed into buying some bulbs, buy early in the season before the bulbs have been mishandled and are still in good condition. A damaged or bruised bulb will generally give a poorer flower.

Galway’s first taxi rank?

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

This photograph was taken about a hundred years ago and shows a number of side-cars lined up in the Square while waiting for custom. I am not sure when hackneys became taxis, but a century later they are still lined up in the Square. They had less traffic to compete with then.

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