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For many the middle of February represents a special time of the year with the celebration of Valentine's Day. However, the month marks a significant landmark for the team at Basilico; 10 years ago the Italian restaurant opened its doors to the world in Oranmore.

The Marine Institute has been given the green light to proceed with the development of a renewable energy test site in Galway Bay, with the granting this week of a 35-year foreshore lease for the 37-hectare site off An Spideál.

Located just off the Shangort Road in Knocknacarra, Woodview Court is a small development of just 16 houses in a quiet tree lined cul-de-sac. This development is in a superb location, offering excellent convenience for modern day living. It is just a 5km drive to Galway city centre and 3km to the famous Salthill Promenade and all Salthill has to offer.

In the midst of that wonderful book Solar Bones written by Mayo author Mike McCormack, there is an intensely moving passage which encapsulates the atmosphere of a house after its children have grown and left. It is as if the soul of the house has been hoovered out and what is left is a void within a space made for many, but now occupied by just one or two. It is feeling that many of you have experienced as your own children have grown up and left, the end of a slow metamorphosis of your home becoming just a house again, its four walls no substitute for the noise, the bustle, the drama.

Almost seven in ten (69 per cent) people in Irish households went without heating at some point this winter in a bid to save money on their energy bills

Its that time of year again! The kids are back to school, more traffic on the roads in the morning and the evenings are closing in. You will feel the nip in the air and know its time to put the heating back on.