Romance at sea thanks to Castle Travel

Fri, Nov 14, 2008

For sheer fantasy, there’s nothing quite like your own little world in a vast ocean of sea and stars. On a clear, quiet night at sea those stars shine down with special brilliance. Who says the moon reflecting on the water isn’t casting its glow just for you two alone? That’s the beauty of a cruise… there’s an indefinable “something” that brings out the romantic nature in us all—from just-married, young and old, to golden anniversary couples — we all feel it.

Irish needed for construction growth in Australia

Fri, Nov 14, 2008

Cara International has been inundated with inquiries from people looking to leave the country in search of work.

The hottest new venue in Ireland — Coyotes Late Bar & Club

Fri, Nov 14, 2008

Coyotes Late Bar & Club, Forster Street, Galway, is the city's first purpose built American theme bar. The venue has three different bars, each with a different theme — a Coyote Ugly bar featuring dancers and singers; Al Capone's gangster bar in fifties’ style with pool table and jukebox; and the old Hollywood themed cocktail bar which provides a selection of cocktails, wines, and champagne in a relaxing, comfortable environment.

Coyotes has a bar to suit your mood

Fri, Nov 14, 2008

If The Godfather, westerns, or Coyote Ugly are your kind of films, if America is a country that fascinates you, then Coyotes — Ireland’s first purpose built American themed bar — on Forster Street is the place to go.

The bar has five themed areas. You can dance and the night away in the Coyote Ugly Bar; live the life of a mobster in the gangster bar; take in the flair and sip the finest cocktails in the Cocktails and Dreams bar; test your stamina on the bucking bronco; watch sport on big screens in the sports bar; or just go crazy on the dance floor.

Wild and Wonderful

Fri, Nov 07, 2008

There can be fewer more pleasant places to be on a crisp, bright autumn day than a beech wood. The sunlight seems to sparkle and fizz as it falls through the lightening canopy on to leaves the colour of burnished copper, which contrast perfectly with the tree trunks’ smooth, tactile grey bark. It’s almost the epitome of autumn. In spring, too, there’s hardly any tree, except perhaps the silver birch, that has such vibrant, sparkling, thoroughly spring-like leaves. Gilbert White, the eighteenth-century English clergyman and naturalist, described it in The Natural History of Selborne as ‘the most lovely of all forest trees, whether we consider its smooth rind or bark, its glossy foliage, or graceful pendulous boughs’.

The common or European beech (Fagus sylvatica) is one of our largest trees: it can grow to 40 metres tall, with a spread of 30 metres, and its trunk can potentially reach seven metres in circumference. It’s also very long-lived, reaching maturity at about 120 years of age. It is not a native Irish tree, however: it was originally introduced here in the eighteenth century.

Spa Sula in Westport officially launched

Fri, Nov 07, 2008

Last Thursday night the Westport Plaza and Castlecourt Hotel Resort played host to a group of sassy, stylish and glamorous women for the official opening of Spa Sula.

An apple a day...

Fri, Nov 07, 2008

Ireland’s first National Bramley Week, which is organised by the Irish Apple Growers’ Association in conjunction with Bord Bia, takes place from November 10 to 16.

The gift of sound and silence

Fri, Nov 07, 2008

Do you sometimes long for stillness and relief from the busyness of daily life? Are you looking for tools to become more balanced and to nourish your deeper self? Are you interested in creativity as a way to foster community? If the answer is yes, then you should treat yourself to a workshop called Awakening to the Gift of Sound and Silence which will take place on November 22 from 10am to 5pm in Lough Lannagh Holiday Village, Castlebar.

Fitness challenge in Slovenia

Fri, Nov 07, 2008

Fundraisers throughout Mayo are being asked to sign up to a week-long Slovenia Adventure Challenge in June 2009 for Ireland’s only centre for blind children.

Fashion EXPO in Ballina

Fri, Nov 07, 2008

Ballina Chamber in association with Bourgeois Paris is holding the second Mayo Fashion EXPO on Thursday November 13 in the Ramada Hotel Ballina at 7pm.

Are stress and illness blocking your energy, health, life and well-being?

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

At one time or another in our lives, people of all ages experience stress – it is part and parcel of everyday living and can be an appropriate reaction to some situations. The adrenaline released by stress helps us to respond quickly in dangerous situations, but if we are unable to switch off this state of high alert we can put excessive strain on our bodies. This leads to anxiety, sleeplessness, recurring headaches and many other symptoms.

Winter comfort with a blankie!

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

The Blankie is back with a gorgeous new colour palette for autumn/winter 2008 on sale in High Tide, The Quay, Westport. Wonderful for warming up the winter months without worrying about your heating bill or your carbon footprint, the Blankie lap duvet has won many admirers for its convenient size, top-quality feather and down filling, and its beautiful colours.

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