Tribe Time Cocktail Corner

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

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Wholesome Hungry Bear encourages switching off

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

Stripped back to quirky chalkboard style menus and an eclectic mix of wooden tables and comfortable round booths, the Hungry Bear, Galway’s rustic and simplistic style has gone back to basics and encourages a Zen-like atmosphere for young and old to experience.

Easter at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Galway – the perfect base to explore this year’s Galway Food Festival

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

Just a short stroll from Eyre Square and the heart of Galway city, Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Galway, is the perfect base for families this Easter. With the Galway Food Festival taking place in town, it is the ideal time to visit when the city will come alive with cookery demonstrations, food trails, and open-air markets offering lots to see and do.

How to reduce your belly fat in seven days

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

Are you conscious about your belly fat? If you would like to lose your stomach fat and get a great looking waistline, there is so much more you can get with the right plan of action. The answer is to burn real fat, lots more real fat. Unfortunately nearly all weight loss plans burn very little fat.

Ardrahan laser lipo offer a fantastic safe way to get into shape for any occasion

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

Do you have a wedding, a confirmation, a Communion, or christening coming up and need a bit of help with the 'battle of the bulge'?

Is managing your neck pain part of your daily routine?

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

We all can agree that the use of computers and cell phones as part of our daily lives and work has become increasingly prominent. Banking, social media, work/school assignments, the list goes on and on. Common symptoms associated with neck pain are:

Tile store in Oranmore – Spellman TBW really is a one-stop shop

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

Spellman Tiles Bathrooms and Wood Flooring in Oranmore invites people to visit its showroom where they can view a wide range of wall and floor tiles, bathroom suites, and shower enclosures as well as a wide range of solid, engineered, and laminate flooring.

If you are renovating or building it can be very daunting, but at Spellman TBW you will find everything under one roof. Why not make an appointment with Sean, who with almost 30 years’ experience in tile and bathroom design can talk you through your plans and work with you to keep within your budget.

Let the experts at Right Price Tiles and Wood Flooring make your home beautiful

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

Right Prices Tiles and Wood Flooring in the Oranmore Business Park has a 7,500 square feet showroom and warehouse offering customers an increasing range of laminate flooring.

Dangan House Garden Centre celebrates forty years

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

Dangan House Garden Centre is 40 years old this year. This is the story of how a humble market stall in the Saturday market grew into the successful business it is today.

When Mrs Cunningham found a sixpenny piece while walking in the old garden of Dangan House in 1962, she felt it was a sign that maybe one of her children would earn a living within its walls. Her sons Paddy and Peter were drawn to market gardening from the age of 11 or 12 when they started to sell daffodils in the Saturday morning market, and when they received scholarships to study horticulture they were determined to make the most of the opportunity. Determination was needed as the brothers cycled the 140 mile journey to Piltown College, Co Kilkenny, that first September, and home again that Christmas.

Poorhouse from Galway

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

“With giant strides destitution and misery progress — the wants of the people daily and hourly progress — the cries for succour and assistance go forth, and ere long, even now, the distress of the poor has attained a degree fearful to contemplate. Turn to what quarter we may, the same dismal tale is told to us — in every direction we see countenance wan with care and hunger. In a like condition are the inhabitants of the rural districts, and we find that parishes — Annadown for instance, which used to supply the markets of Galway so abundantly, after supporting its own people in comfort, are now reduced to a most pitiable condition. There indeed, some of the landlords, at least those who reside at home, have stepped forward seasonably to the relief of their fellow creatures, and headed by the Cregg family, ever remarkable for their benevolence, seem resolved to do their duty.”

Galway watched its new bishop with some amazement

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

On Sunday September 19 1976 the former bishop of Kerry, Eamonn Casey, succeeded to the See of Galway. He had been appointed some months beforehand, but was delayed by his long goodbye tour of Kerry. The people of Kerry were heartbroken to lose him.

Choose the Dominican Republic for your holiday this year

Wed, Apr 05, 2017

With Summer on the horizon many of us will be looking towards a chance for a get away. Living in Galway, one of the main reasons we want to jump on a plane and fly away is because of the lack of sun. The Canaries, the Balearic Islands, France, and the USA are all destinations we flock to when heading abroad. But have you ever thought about the Dominican Republic (DR)?

Man's best friend

Fri, Mar 31, 2017

Companionship is one of the main reasons we bring a dog into our lives but owning a dog can have several health benefits for you and the family.

Ten ways to take the pain out of homework.

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

"I will do it in a minute," "It's not fair, we get too much", "What's the point of it?". These are all too familiar wails from students when faced with homework.

Fun card games for families to play

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

From Go Fish to Snap nothing beats a family game of cards as an inexpensive activity to do with the kids. Expect loads of laughter and a bit of controversy as you work your way through some of our favourite fun card games for families. All games use a standard 52-card deck.

1. Old Maid

Study tips to help study smart

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

With exams looming for many students stress levels are rising and panic may be setting in. So we have put together some study tips to help study smart and ace those exams.

Tips to encourage a reluctant reader

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

A reluctant reader is someone who can read but has little or no interest in reading beyond what they have to read for school, college or to get through everyday life.

Adventures in Music’s Cushion Concerts for children

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

THE BRILLIANT Galway guitarist Aengus Hackett will give two concerts this weekend as part of Adventures in Music’s current Cushion Concert series for children and families.

Michael Newell, The ‘Bicycle Man’

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

Michael Newell was born near Headford, and went to school in Roscrea where he played rugby for the school. He emigrated to New Zealand for a while before returning to Galway to take over a premises on Sea Road that had been occupied by Dan Whyte the barber, and his daughter Rita, who taught Irish dancing there. He set up an ice cream parlour that became a great haunt for local teenagers. He made his own ice cream and ice pops but the biggest attraction was the novel (for the time) milk shakes that he made, and then topped them off with strawberries or raspberries or some other fruit. “It was almost impossible to look in the window without feeling a huge need for an ice cream.” He would roll up a piece of paper into the shape of a cone, put a twist on the end of it and pop a measured number of bulls eyes into it, a process which always fascinated the children. He was ahead of his time but he was not really a businessman.

‘A New Israel for Iarchonnacht?’

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

Although many of us swallowed hard at Desmond Fennell’s cry for a ‘new Israel for Iarchonnacht’ we knew what he meant. In the 1970s the Irish language was fast slipping away, even in the Connemara Gaeltacht. Of course there were many who cherished Irish. There were Gaeilgeoirí in Dublin and elsewhere who delighted in Irish conversation. I often heard Irish spoken with ease and fluency among shoppers in Galway city.

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