THE COLD light of day can reveal a lot about the state of our complexion and it’s in winter time that we really need to give a bit of extra thought to our beauty regime. While we can often get away in summer weather with tinted moisturiser and a swirl of bronzer, the blue tones [...]
LUSCIOUS lips are the holy grail of the beauty industry. Even in recessionary times, sales of lipstick stay strong as we try to put our best faces forward. Grownup make-up makes a welcome return this season. Just as well, as every woman will need some serious war paint on standby to see her through the [...]
Four legs good, two legs better than the alternative MY home town of Bray is on the busy DART and railway line, so our veterinary hospital regularly sees a number of animals who’ve been hit by trains. Sadly, most animals that survive have such severe injuries that rapid euthanasia is the only way to ease [...]
NOVEMBER is the month of the man with moustaches being grown all over the country to raise awareness of men’s health issues like prostate cancer, a condition that affects 2,500 Irish men each year. Despite the risks, many men across Galway are still largely unaware of the other serious conditions associated with the prostate gland. [...]
HOW important is children’s play in the development of future social skills? “Very important,” according to Patricia Broadhead, Professor of Playful Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University, who will speak at Galway Childcare Committee’s Conference on Saturday, December 4. Professor Broadhead, author of Early Years Play and Learning: Developing Social Skills and Cooperation, has undertaken extensive [...]
A RANGE of interesting and low-cost Christmas gifts will be available at a jumble sale in aid of Tuam’s branch of Youth Work Ireland. The sale, which takes place at 2 pm on Wednesday, December 8 at Tuam Youth Centre at the old junior school on the Dublin Road, also provides an opportunity to buy [...]
WOMEN are being urged to avail of a smear test from the Cervical Check programme. The National Cervical Screening Programme is encouraging every woman aged 25 to 60 to have the free test which can detect the potentially devastating disease. A smear test is the most effective way of detecting changes in the cells of [...]
THE HUGELY popular annual Food and Wine Fair organised by McCambridge’s of Galway for charity will take place tomorrow (Thursday) evening. The event takes place from 5 pm to 9 pm at the Ardilaun House Hotel. Around 1,000 tickets have just been issued, and a new fundraising target of €15,000 has been set. This night [...]
Hello boys and girls, HOW are you all this week and I hope you’re all enjoying the mixed weather. One day you’re out in your T-shirt and the next you’re wrapped up like an Eskimo or Inuit as they are called now. Mind you, Aunt Molly says as far as T-shirts and me go, it [...]
TUAM BAND the Coonics are planning a homecoming gig, after a 22-date UK Tour with the Saw Doctors. Commencing this week, the tour spans the whole of the UK and includes three shows in London, Manchester and Newcastle where the Coonics will headline. The debut single Tasteless Joke was released to critical acclaim this summer, [...]
