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The main channel discharging all the water from loughs Corrib and Mask is the Galway River, flowing from Lough Corrib through the city to the sea. Among the structures built in 1850 and the following years, during the course of a drainage scheme carried out by what was then known as The Board of Public Works in Ireland, was the main regulating weir across the Corrib at Waterside. Its function was to control the river level at Galway in the interests of draining, milling, and navigation. It was built at a point in the river where the water descended though rapids.

A short break in Toronto is unlike anywhere else. Known as Canada's downtown, it is bursting with things to do — and shopping comes top of the list.

More than 50 attendees learned how to grow food in small spaces, and find food in wild places, at a seminar in the Harbour Hotel last week. Speakers Mark Ridsdill-Smith of Vertical Veg (UK), and Kathleen McMahon of Blackriver Wild Foods in Headford, shared their vast experience of growing food in small gardens and balconies, and identifying edible berries and plants growing in the wild around Galway.

Popular furniture retailer Seymours Loughrea offers a superb selection of furniture, carpets and rugs, sliding wardrobes, beds, and wood flooring from all the leading brand names. The company is celebrating four years in business in May.

What foods turn off your metabolism? The Health and Nutrition Coach offers blood analysis to help you find out.

Soak up the atmosphere of Galway at the Gaslight Bar & Brasserie. One of the city's most sought after party venues open seven days a week, the Gaslight is situated in the Hotel Meyrick with sweeping views over Eyre Square.

There was a time when The Spanish Arch was a car park and there was nothing much on Middle Street except the Augi. That was when BT was still Moon's and Nora Barnacle's house was just another house, before Westside was called Westside and there was nothing Latin about the Latin Quarter — that was the time Salthill was the undisputed centre of all nightlife in the west of Ireland. While those days are long gone, Salthill seems to be reinventing itself once more.

N17 Superstore at Briarhill Business Park will host a delicious cooking demonstration this weekend, so be sure to pop in for some great ideas for summer eats.

Colleran auctioneers has just been favoured with the sale of No 111 Fr Griffin Road, Salthill, Galway. This is a rare opportunity to purchases an attractive detached 1930s house full of charm and original features.

Sherry FitzGerald brings to the market No 7 The Green for sale by private treaty. This is a quality, recently upgraded and improved, semidetached home built in the early 1990s by O’Malley Construction. The Green is a central and much sought after location off College Road and approximately 300 metres from Eyre Square. While it is centrally located, it is set off the main thoroughfare and is a quiet and mature development.