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What does a world-famous celebrity chef cook for Christmas dinner? Surely, it’s some wild and wonderful exotic dish that she picked up on her travels? Not Rachel Allen because Rachel Allen is a traditionalist. “Absolutely not!” Rachel says when asked if she would consider anything else other than turkey for dinner on Christmas Day. “I’m a turkey, sprouts and spuds for Christmas dinner kind of person,” she said ahead of her cookery demonstration at the Lough Rea Hotel and Spa next week. “We tried braised beef one year but we went back to turkey the following year and it has been turkey ever since.”

Poverty cannot be appreciated until you have lived it. Until you have walked the streets wanting, but not looking like you are wanting. Until you have trundled through the colourful Christmastime vista with an ache in your heart knowing that you cannot have what others have. But it is not envy. It is the feeling of being unnoticed, unwanted, that is the most hurtful and debilitating.

With evenings shortening by the day and the weather becoming colder and damper, doing our washing has gone from being a chore to an absolute pain in the proverbial.

Tis the season to be jolly and nothing gets us more in the festive spirit than decorating our homesteads with lots and lots of Christmas regalia.

Christmas is 'the most wonderful time of year'. Everyone is getting into the spirit of festive and cheer, and towns and villages throughout the county are decorated and illuminated by Christmas lights, creating a special atmosphere which only this time of year can generate.

The Connacht Property Auction will hold its fifth and final public auction event of the year today November 22 at 7pm in The Menlo Park Hotel, Galway. Recent years have shown that the months of November and December are particularly strong in terms of property sales, both for residential and commercial property. The auction team are now working with property owners, as well as buyers, who are keen to have a sale achieved between now and Christmas.

O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers is back with its final auction of 2018 as part of the Wild Atlantic Way auction series. Following strong sales results from the November auction and a wonderful year in the auction room, the company has launched its Wild Atlantic Way Christmas property auction, which takes place on Friday December 14 in the Harbour Hotel, New Dock Road, Galway.

Poverty cannot be appreciated until you have lived it. Until you have walked the streets wanting, but not looking like you are wanting. Until you have trundled through Shop Street at Christmastime with an ache in your heart knowing that you cannot have what others have. But it is not envy. It is the feeling of being unnoticed, unwanted, that is the most hurtful and debilitating.

The popular Annual Christmas Fayre will take place on Saturday November 24 starting at 10am in St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church (beside the Saturday market).

The reliance of thousands of Irish families on the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has remained consistently high over the past five years, and the numbers show no sign of decreasing in any significant way, said SVP Galway as it launched its annual appeal this week.