Children & Parenting
Choose the Harbour Hotel for your Communion or Confirmation celebrations
Thu, Apr 04, 2024
Treat yourselves to a family day out at the Harbour Hotel for your child’s special day by celebrating with lunch or dinner at Dillisk on the docks, offering personal service and attention to detail by professional staff.
Education & Training
Galway & Roscommon ETB core values take centre stage at national education symposium
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
More than 200 principals and teachers from across Ireland’s 16 education and training boards, including Galway & Roscommon ETB, who gathered at a national symposium 'Let’s Talk Ethos' in Athlone this week to reflect on their core values, have heard that the previously “uncontested” core value of equality can be the most challenging to implement.
Travel & Outdoors
Visit Loop Head Lighthouse on the Wild Atlantic Way
Thu, May 02, 2024
A trip to Loop Head Lighthouse is a visit of contrasts, centred around this beacon of hope that has perched majestically on the scenic headland of Loop Head peninsula for hundreds of years, looking down on the fury of the Atlantic Ocean 90-meters-below. Here a world of beautiful seabirds, seals and dolphins meets breathtaking views as far as Dingle and Connemara.
Food & Wine
Sample the best of Galway at Blackrock Cottage
Thu, May 02, 2024
Blackrock Cottage in Salthill has established an impressive reputation among diners and food critics since it opened its doors eighteen months ago.
Health, Beauty & Fashion
Learn how to have a healthy relationship with food
Thu, May 02, 2024
It is 6pm. You had a busy day at work or with your family and are longing to sit down to a tasty dinner. You are hungry and preoccupied and polish off the food you hastily prepared earlier while mentally ticking off items on your to-do list. When you get to the last one, you suddenly realise your plate is empty but you are still holding a now redundant knife and fork.
Home & Garden
EZ Living Furniture’s biggest sale of the year ends Monday - shop amazing deals while you can!
Thu, May 02, 2024
Ireland’s largest furniture retailer, EZ Living Furniture is urging customers to act fast as its biggest sale of the year is set to end this Bank Holiday Monday. The annual roadshow sale has been extended in all stores nationwide and online at www.ezlivingfurniture.ie.
Old Galway
Liptons in Shop Street
Thu, May 02, 2024
Our first image today is a beautiful study of part of Shop Street c1900. It is one of a number of Galway city photographs that are in an old album belonging to Norman Healy whom we thank for sharing it with us. The two women in the foreground are in their working clothes, plain black shawls and práiscíns which were heavy canvas working aprons used to carry vegetables or maybe fish in, or wear when they were washing clothes. One is carrying a basket which probably contained product she had to sell, possibly eggs, country butter or vegetables. The other lady may have had a basket strapped to her back. The gentleman behind is wearing an impressive white báinín jacket.
