Happiness comes into our lives when we display love and care for other people. Showing love, lending a helping hand, and showing you care is one of God’s greatest gifts. If love lives within us, we can share it with our families, friends, and those who are total strangers to us. Love comes in many… Read more »
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This year I managed to fill three large hessian sacks with spuds for storage and we’ve been tucking in to them every other day as required. It’s very handy to have them there, waiting patiently in the garage for their moment of destiny in the kitchen. I have to admit however that we’ve lost more… Read more »
Some second year students in Coláiste Bhaile Chláir are celebrating Christmas early. Over the past few weeks students have been making Christmas shoeboxes as part of the Team Hope’s project in which they deliver shoeboxes full of Christmas presents to disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe and Africa. Students in Coláiste Bhaile Chláir wanted to go… Read more »
While we were blessed with mild weather earlier this year, the winter chill has now firmly set in! To keep your home warm and toasty, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (www.seai.ie) offers some handy heating tips. Heaters When buying heaters, make sure that they are the right size for the rooms they are to… Read more »
It is easy to stay hopeful when times are good, but how do you tap into that hopefulness when life doesn’t go as planned? Most people can endure short periods of frustration, especially when there is an end in sight; the toughest times are when we look ahead and feel that our situation is unending…. Read more »
Disinfectant on tap Winter vomit warnings on walls Ebola advice everywhere One hour in A&E Red stained bleeding boy Still wants to play Parents just want a hug Two hours in A&E Australian sopas and US trash TV Supermac’s scent in the air Extended families taking up space Three hours in A&E Elbow at awkward… Read more »
Long time readers of this column know how loath I am to mention Christmas before December, but a survey produced by Aviva Home Insurance has raised an important issue—not just the huge cost of Christmas for the average Irish household this year, €1,463—but the real and increased risk of beak-ins and robberies during the Christmas… Read more »
Treat Café is a local success story right here in the village of Claregalway, and more recently in Lackagh. It’s hard to believe the business was set up towards the end of October 2006 at the then newly developed Claregalway Shopping Centre behind Hughes SuperValu. Jackie and Peadar Dolan from Cregmore (pictured above) set up… Read more »
As the start of the winter season, November has always had a special significance. We remember those we once knew, who are now dead, and we ask God to show mercy on them. We also pray to them to help us to live out our lives as lovingly as some of them did. These faithful… Read more »
We are never too young—or old—to learn; just ask Bridget Kearney. After forty years of running her own successful garden centre in Claregalway, she decided to turn her hand to the family fencing business. She had leased out the garden centre, with plans to enjoy early retirement and a spot of golf. Her husband, John Paul… Read more »
Hello November… Where has the year gone? In a few weeks I am graduating from college again and it just so happens to be falling on the American holiday of Thanksgiving, which is November 27th this year. We are all taking a day off and I’m even going to bring the kids to the ceremony… Read more »
Science Week 2014 Coláiste Bhaile Chláir is running a number of science related activities this year again to mark Science Week 2014—the theme this year is The Power of Science. Science Club is up and running with students decorating the school in Wild Science Facts and getting stuck into some slimy experiments to show the… Read more »
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Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
