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ICELANDIC CHORAL music will be heard within St Nicholas' Collegiate Church when the Selkórinn choir perform a tea-time concert in the city centre church next week.

During her first visit to Ireland while walking the road from Oranmore to Loughrea, Aesnath Nicholson, a lone witness to the growing desperation of the poor as successive years of the Great Famine took its frightening toll, stopped to rest her blistered feet. She leant against a wall and thought about the advice her friends had given her in America. They told her the trip was reckless and she would damage her health. Yet even at that moment she asked herself: Would she rather be back in her parlour in New York?

Almost half of Irish women spend an average of 4.3 days a year blow-drying their hair.

One of Galway’s leading hair salons, Visage Hair Design in Market Street, will host the West of Ireland launch to introduce the new ghd Wanderlust Collection. It includes the hotly anticipated arrival of the award-winning ghd Platinum Tropic styler, featuring its innovative tri-zone technology, ‘safer-for-hair’ heat system, for less hair breakage and more shine while delivering ultimate styling results - all in one stroke. It also comes with a matching heat-resistant bag, making it easy and safe for you to travel with your styler.

Loving yourself requires a long-term commitment to the triumvirate of health — proper nutrition, regular exercise, and adequate sleep. When you really want to treat yourself, you may even invest in the occasional pampering or luxury experience to reward yourself and recharge.

YOUNG MUSICIANS and singers from the Athenry Music School Horizon Orchestra, the St Nicholas Choristers, Maoincheoil na Gaillimhe’s Adult String Orchestra, and Galway Early Music’s Red Earl’s Musicke join forces for the Galway Early Music Festival.

LAST YEAR marked the 35th anniversary of the founding of Salmon press, during which its incredible contribution to Galway's cultural life was fully celebrated. Those heady days of the eighties were brought back to mind when Rita Anne Higgins, Mary O’Malley, and Eva Bourke were given a platform to present their challenging poems to a bewildered, if generally receptive, audience.

Niamh Murphy from Visage Hair Design, Galway, has been announced as one of the finalists in this year’s Wella Trend Vision Final which showcases and celebrates the best of Irish hairdressing talent.

This week marks the first anniversary of the election of the 25th Seanad. Recently, the Advertiser spoke with Athlone-based Senator, Gabrielle McFadden, about her experience of the election and of life in the Upper House.

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