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by Róisín Kilroy

Galway Food Tours will go touring through Salthill on Wednesday August 22 with everything the food enthusiast could want. Poitin, craft beers, a little jazz and wine, Kombucha, and coffee are just some of the refreshment highlights all paired with signature small plates from the Black Cat, share platters from Oslo Bar, seasonal veggie boards in The Nest, and a sweet treat or two from Murray's local bakery.

The annual homage to love, Valentine's Day, is just around the corner, as is the inevitable question, “What are your plans?" If you are single, the options are between hiding away and going out on the town; if you are in a long-term relationship, well then the question is, how do we reinvent the wheel this year? In a new relationship? Then it’s time to impress, and if you happen to be any or all of the above on February 14, there is the answer for you in Galway. Galway Food Tours, the culinary walking tour of Galway by Sheena Dignam and Gosia Letowska, is answering all the above love dilemmas with a special Valentine's inspired food tour.

The annual homage to love, Valentines Day and the inevitable “what are your plans? If you’re single, the options are between hiding away and going out on the town, in a long-term relationship, well then its how do we reinvent the wheel this year, in a new relationship… it’s time to impress and if you happen to be all of the above on Feb 14th, there is the answer for you in Galway.

Husband and wife media team, Malin and Reine Hefvelin, freelance writers for Res and TT travel magazines in Sweden, have arrived in Ireland this week via Shannon Airport, on the new SAS flight from Stockholm, to learn more about the Wild Atlantic Way as attempts intensity to highlight the Galway tourism market in Scandinavia

An estimated one million Swedes are to see Galway, the Aran Islands, and Connemara on their TV screens when popular Swedish TV show Go'kvall broadcasts three episodes shot along the 'Wild Atlantic Way'.

Sheena Dignam of Galway Food Tours has teamed up with the food specialists at McCambridges to launch the Galway Gourmet Picnic. McCambridges is a name that is synonymous with Galway and great food in the west, and the link up with Galway Food Tours on gourmet hampers means that tourists and Galwegians get a chance to eat that picnic hamper that you always intended making, instead of ending up with soggy sandwiches and a bag of crisps.

Valentine's Day is the day of romance and passion, but that does not mean that you cannot make the day memorable if you are not in a relationship. Single guys listen to friends complain about having to buy gifts for their girlfriends on Valentine's Day, while wishing they had someone to buy for themselves. Boyfriend bonfires and copious ice-cream consumption are the yearly Valentine's Day prescriptions for single women. It might just be a silly holiday created by greeting card companies, but that does not dull the sting of Valentine’s Day for the newly, or perpetually, single.

Galway Food Tours, Around the Marketplace is a culinary walking tour of Galway run by Sheena Dignam bringing people to visit some of Galway’s culinary favourites and hidden gems.

One of the highlights of this year's Galway Food Festival will be the taste trail of Galway, involving tours and excursions around the city and county, including explorations of the history of wild salmon fishery in Galway, visiting a range of different restaurants, and collecting seaweed along Silverstrand.