Features
Visiting Varanasi
Travel writer Aoibheann McNamara on the wonder and woes of Varanasi in part two of her Indian adventures. Mark Twain once said of Varanasi, “It is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together”. It is also dirtier then all other places [...]
Charity Champions
Volunteering has long been part and parcel of Irish culture. We’re a giving bunch, whether it’s checking on an elderly neighbour or standing outside the local church in the wilds of winter, bucket in hand collecting for the latest community project. Gráinne McMahon meets ten ladies who are giving something back to the community, both [...]
The Book Club Bash
The Book Club Bash I’ve promised myself never to join a book club. Never again, that is. Now this may seem odd coming from a person with an obsession for reading. Thing is though, I’ve discovered that book clubs are not really about reading books, are they? My first book club was on foot of [...]
A new sensation…
A record deal with music giants Universal, an appearance on TV3 and over 100,000 views on YouTube – those are just some of the things that Limerick’s newest pop sensation, Raquel Rocca, has achieved in a few short months. Raquel was introduced to the world of show business early in life, attending Spotlight Stage School [...]
city of angels, music, raquel rocca
Indian Intrigue
Our travel writer Aoibheann McNamara hits the otherworldly shores of India India is a vast microcosm of craziness and mystifying order, of 1.3 billion people, of countless religions and endless sun rises and sunsets. India is my great love affair. I have endured and been deeply pleasured by this country over ten times since I [...]
Unleash you inner romantic…
After several years working throughout Europe, Irish Fashion Designer Sinéad Doyle returned home in 2008 to launch her own eponymous luxury daywear label. The Dublin-based designer studied fashion at Limerick School of Art and Design, graduating in 2004. During her time here, she won many awards including the national RTE/Taispeantas prize for creative design with [...]
Fashion, sinead doyle
St. Valentines – The Saint, the Over-Priced Flowers and Love
There has always been some confusion about St Valentine. The bottom line is that there seem to be a plethora of saints and martyrs all who were called Valentine and nobody can decide just which one of them it was that we can all hold responsible for having the world go crazy buying flowers, chocolates, [...]
funny, valentines
Diary of a Dating Trainee
I am incapable of turning down free stuff. Maybe it’s the upshot of being born in the eighties – a generation that don’t know what we want but know we want things and lots of them – or maybe it’s simply a result of staying in college for far too long and being accustomed to [...]
Dating, get up to date, valentines
Yoga from the womb
Seeing the extraordinary changes in themselves as they practiced yoga, Dave and Laragh Cunningham wished they had started earlier. They’re now working on bringing free yoga to schools around the country. “We’ve always loved children,” says Laragh, one half of the husband and wife yoga team who run the Yoga Shala. “We both love having [...]
children, dave cunningham, laragh cunningham, yoga
Red Hot Beauty
Give your dresser a love makeover this month… We love Molton Brown Celestial Maracuja Sugar Polish €49 Check out the March issue of GALWAYnow and LIMERICKnow to see the Beauty Ed’s choice of red lovelies!
Beauty, red, valentines
