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Dressing the West…Martina Fallon

Owner Martina Fallon has been running the popular Beverly Hills boutique for three
years now. She grew up in a family run business in Kinvara before undertaking a degree in Business and Accounting in college. Martina’s keen eye for fashion resulted in her combining her love of fashion with business. A decision she has never regretted.
How [...]

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Being a mum…

It’s hard to imagine if you’ve never given birth, but becoming a mum is the most challenging, satisfying, life changing and emotional time in a woman’s life. It brings out the best, and worst in us, challenges us, challenges our relationship with our partner, and makes us realise what’s really important in life. JO LAVELLE [...]

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Dressing the West…Colette Latchford

Coming from a strong business background, Colette Latchford developed a keen eye for Commerce at a young age. She completed a B.A. in Languages and H. Dip in Education from NUI Galway but always worked part-time in the fashion business. In 1997, armed with masses of experience, Colette opened Colette Latchford in Lydon Court, [...]

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Ageing & The Single Girl

Courtney Cox has let the side down. Her new show, Cougartown, is an attempt to detail the tribulations of the older single woman, as if any of us needed reminding. It’s hard enough to be over 35, single, and live in a small city held ransom by twenty somethings in short skirts and high [...]

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Dressing the West – Tina Monroe

Tina Monroe has been at the helm of Sugar Pink Boutique for over three years. Her passion for fashion got the better of her and she left her career in health and beauty to pursue her dream of couture. Stocking a wide range of styles for all shapes and sizes, Tina’s golden rule of [...]

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Dressing the West…Stephanie Lynch

Stephanie Lynch is a well-known business woman throughout the West. Her boutique is located in the heart of Galway and Stephanie herself has been in the fashion business for 26 years.
Stephanie began her career in the industry helping out in a friend’s boutique in Chelsea, London called Birds! At the age of 26, Stephanie [...]

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Great Summer Reads

By Méabh McDonnell
Sunshine, holidays, beach towels and deckchairs deem only one other companion: a good book.  Here we have selected the best books for you to sit back and relax with all through the summer months.
The Truth About You by Melissa Hill
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Dublin girl Melissa Hill proves that Irish towns are by no [...]

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Entertaining the kids

The summer has rolled in and for many, this means soaking up some sun and enjoying the long evenings.  For others though, it can mean two or three long months of trying to entertain bored tots and teens.
It is a fair rule of thumb that younger children have an excellent capacity to amuse themselves. Yet, [...]

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Ken Bruen

With a staggering number of successful works behind him, Ken Bruen’s accomplishments would make any novelist just a little more than envious. But for Ken, it’s all about his next chapter, his next book. He talks to Jo Lavelle about his recent successes and where to now.
A down-to-earth and charming man, Ken’s humble nature means [...]

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Dressing the West – Rosemarie Noone

Renowned for their style, sophistication and sense of fashion, the women of the West know how to dress to impress. But behind each stunning piece is a woman who spends her life putting that fabulous outfit together.
Rosemarie Noone of GossamerGirl.com has always
had an interest in style and in the arts in general. She met
and worked [...]

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