Easter-egg headache for migraineurs?
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
In the coming weeks boxes of chocolate Easter eggs will begin to stack up in living rooms across the country but, for half a million people in Ireland, Easter can become one big headache … or migraine.
Read more ...One in five people in Connacht embarrassed about mental health
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
One in five of adults in Connacht said they would be embarrassed if people knew they were attending a counsellor or psychotherapist. This is according to a nationwide study undertaken by Behaviour and Attitudes for the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP).
Read more ...Air Base make-up available at Mulroy’s Beauty Clinic
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
High definition make-up is available at Mulroy’s Beauty Clinic, Main Street, Castlebar. Air Base make-up is a professional, silicone based airbrush, make-up designed for everyday use. It was formulated by Oscar nominated make-up artist Anni Buchanan to mould the durability of film make-up with the practicability of everyday make up.
Read more ...Walk in My Shoes launched to support mental health
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
Walk in My Shoes was launched by St Patrick’s Hospital Foundation and aims to raise much needed funds to support young adults, 18 to 25 years of age in Ireland, in need of mental health services.
Read more ...Irish Heart Foundation urges sports clubs to be Heartsafe
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
The Irish Heart Foundation has called on sports clubs around the country to become Heartsafe as a matter of urgency so they are ready to react quickly to cardiac arrest with lifesaving CPR skills and defibrillation. The latest plea follows the shocking collapse of Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba with cardiac arrest during the FA Cup.
Read more ...Organ Donor Awareness Week
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
The awareness week takes place from March 31 to April 7. Collectors will be distributing organ donor cards and information fact files and selling forget-me-not flowers (the symbol of transplantation) in towns and villages throughout the week, including Ballina on Thursday April 5 in Castlebar; on Friday April 6 in Westport.
Read more ...Top value fish from Meenaghans in Ballina
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
Meenaghans (O Muineacháins) in Ballina is your one-stop fish shop, offering great value now in monkfish/trout/chowder mix/sea bass and cooked king prawns.
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On the wineshelf...
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
Celeste Crianza Ribera del Duero 2007 (Independents, €16.99)
Read more ...In the kitchen... Thai salmon fillets
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
4 salmon filets, skinned if preferred
Marinade: Zest and juice of 1 lime
Castlebar students bid for €7,000 prize to bring agri-products to market
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
More than 60 young innovators from around the country will descend on Croke Park for the national final of Agri Aware’s Green Dragon Secondary Schools Innovation Challenge on Wednesday next, March 28. An open event, the public will have the fantastic opportunity to view a range of innovative ideas for new products and services in the agriculture, food, environment, and health and safety industries.
Read more ...Top awards for Mayo restaurants
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
A number of Mayo restaurants won awards this week at the Connacht regional final for the Santa Rita Irish Restaurants Awards 2012, held in The House Hotel in Galway on Tuesday last.
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