Paddys stay for free
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
The Carlton Shearwater Hotel and C Spa, an exquisite hotel and spa resort in Ballinasloe, is celebrating St Patrick’s Day this year by offering free accommodation to anyone whose name is Paddy while other guests can stay for just €49.
Paddys are invited to stay any night between March 10 and 24 and to claim their free overnight stay all they have to do is contact the hotel directly on 090 96 30400 or simply log onto www.carlton.ie/shearwater and post/fax a copy of their driver’s licence or passport to the hotel.
Read more ...Get fighting fit this spring time
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Would you like to get yourself in great shape, make new friends for life, turbo charge your confidence levels, and give yourself the option of eventually stepping into a boxing ring for an actual contest by engaging in an eight week programme in the noble art of self defence?
Read more ...Radiant Beauty comes home
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Noel Devery was born in Ballybane, having spent all his time since leaving school in the hairdressing business he saw a niche in the market for a beauty salon, as he catered so much for weddings, debs, etc. This year he took on two of the biggest ventures of his life, he married Lisa O’Reilly in October and on Valentine’s Day this year together they ventured into the beauty world and opened a salon in Ballybane Shopping Centre, with free parking.
Read more ...Free dining at Clayton for communion and confirmation recipients
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Bookings are now being taken for Communion and Confirmation lunches in the Tribes Restaurant at the Clayton Hotel and if it is your special day and your communion or confirmation, you can dine for free.
Read more ...Top stylists waiting for you at David Martin
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Since opening in 2008, David Martin hair salon at Kingston Road has proven a huge success. This is the second salon in Galway by the David Martin group, the first situated at New Dock Street.
The salon’s manager April Doherty along with her team of top stylists have the vision, the training and the product education to make your hair look and feel beautiful. David Martin has built a reputation for innovation and a high standard of service while providing excellent facilities using only top quality products.
Read more ...McDonoghs Trade Centre - paving new ground in customer service
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
McDonoghs Trade centre
Enjoy Big Apple and ‘Bofin with Croi
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Fancy improving your fitness levels, raising money for a local charity and visiting New York?
Read more ...Feel good with Patrick Holford
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
In association with Evergreen Healthfoods, Patrick Holford is bringing his The Feel Good Factor seminar tour to Galway this weekend. You can join Patrick Holford at the Radisson Blu Hotel this Saturday at 4pm to hear him explain the links between nutrition, lifestyle and mental health.
Read more ...Table quiz for Galway Sub Aqua Club
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
The Galway Sub Aqua Club, Search and Recovery Unit will host a fundraising table quiz upstairs in Monroe’s Live tomorrow Friday March 11 at 8pm.
A range of prizes is up for grabs including a selection of whiskey and wine, restaurant vouchers, signed books and even boiler services. A raffle will also follow.
Read more ...Connemara can’t live on beauty alone, says new force Kyne
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
He may not be as long on the scene as Éamon Ó Cuív, he’s not quite the ‘new kid in town’ that is Derek Nolan, and he may not be as outgoing as Noel Grealish, but Sean Kyne has become the quietly emerging figure of Galway politics, who this week took his first steps on the national stage.
Read more ...Man caught forging social welfare cheque
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
A Department of Family and Social Welfare cheque, worth €2,043, was posted to the wrong address where it stayed for several weeks until a man, faced with mounting financial problems, took the chance of lodging the cheque into his own bank account and withdrawing the money, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Public lecture on Galway and 1911 Census
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Galway in 1911 was a very different place to what it is now but we can get a good sense of what it was like through the 1911 Census figures.
Read more ...Pat Bracken memorial exhibition in city museum
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
An exhibition to commemorate the life and work of the late Pat Bracken will open in the Galway City Museum this Saturday at 2.30pm.
Read more ...Give your support for the Galway Rowing Club bumper raffle night
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
The Galway Rowing Club, which for more than a century has nurtured the potential of numerous young and gifted rowers, winning 28 Irish titles, is calling on all ex-members and other members of the public to give their support by taking part in its bumper Easter Sunday raffle next month.
Read more ...Young gun TDs may have to wait for top jobs in new Government
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
Galway is unlikely to receive any cabinet or junior ministerial posts under the next government as the county’s four Fine Gael and two Labour TDs lack enough experience.
Read more ...Call for volunteers and donations as Irish Cancer Society gears up for Daffodil Day
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
With this year’s Daffodil Day now just weeks away, the Irish Cancer Society is calling for volunteers to help with the annual fundraising event.
Read more ...Fundraiser for ‘transformed’ Ronan to take part in North Pole challenge
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
A regional representative with the humanitarian charity GOAL in the west and the midlands will take part in the world’s “coolest marathon” at the North Pole in April.
Read more ...NUIG Students’ Union vows to keeps pressure on new TDs
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
Labour TDs Derek Nolan and Colm Keaveney will come under severe pressure from the NUI Galway Students’ Union not to re-introduce third level fees in any form.
Read more ...Abbeyknockmoy act are favourites to win The All Ireland Talent Show
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
Abbeyknockmoy set dancers Cosa Beoga are now the odds-on favourite to win The All Ireland Talent Show. The young set dancers who have wowed audiences in recent weeks are appealing for votes to ensure they can dance to victory in the popular TV programme.
Read more ...Research under way at NUI Galway to develop a dressing for EB sufferers
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
Research is under way at NUI Galway to develop a wound dressing for people suffering from the genetic skin blistering condition Epidermolysis Bullosa, (EB).
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