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Christmas is approaching, things are getting busy in Lapland with Santa preparing for Christmas, and Fahy Travel is offering the sleepover of a lifetime. Santa’s homeland is the stuff of fairy tales, with snow dusted pine forests, cosy log cabins, and more reindeer than people all adding to the magic. If you only have a day to spare Fahy Travel will have a trip to suit you, whether you want to join elf school, decorate cookies with Mrs Claus, or take a reindeer sleigh, there is something to suit.

Fat Freddy's is now approaching its fifth decade in existence on Quay Street. Over the years it has evolved into one of Galway’s leading restaurants. It is known for its quality and variety of food and reasonable prices.

When it comes to creating meals that are quick, tasty, and nutritious, eggs are hard to beat. Packed with protein, vitamins, and minerals, there are many ways to cook and enjoy this versatile ingredient without spending hours in the kitchen.

Middle Street would have been considered for many years a culinary no-go zone. In fact it was safe to say that the best thing about it as far as food was concerned, aside from the late lamented Da Tang Noodle House, was the short cut into the back door of the King's Head.

Many studies have shown the link between watching television and gaining weight, but recent research has shown that the amount we eat and snack on can change depending on what we are watching.

The inaugural Heritage and Scallop Festival is taking place in a number of coastal locations throughout the Connemara Gaeltacht over the weekend of October 4, 5, and 6. The festival was recently launched by chef, restaurateur, and author JP McMahon who praised the voluntary committee for taking the initiative.

Food quality, why we eat the way we do, industrial food practices, and consumption habits will be explored by the acclaimed British food writer, Bee Wilson, in a public talk at NUI Galway next week.

This drawing is of a detail from “A Prospect of Galway” drawn by Thomas Phillips in 1685. It shows the southern end of the middle suburb with Balls Bridge on the left, and the bit of an arch you can see on the far right was part of the West Bridge. Balls Bridge is the bridge over what is now the canal between Upper and Lower Dominick Street, and the buildings we are looking at would be the backs of Lower Dominick Street as seen roughly from across the road from where the Fisheries Tower is today. The West Bridge is where O’Brien’s Bridge is today.

In support of October as Mental Health Awareness month St. Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union are delighted to introduce Connect for Coffee.

THE SCULPTOR Albert G Power is best known as the creator of the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue, once an integral part of Eyre Square, but now on display in the Galway City Museum.