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This Sunday October 9, at 6pm, Athlone Community Radio (ACR) will present the premiere radio broadcast of ‘An Gota Mór Bis/The Great Hunger’, a narrative poem relating essential experiences that the Irish lived during the 19th century potato famine.

A Galway clergywoman is celebrating the success of communities in Zimbabwe overcoming drought, hunger and extreme poverty, through projects that help them earn a living, such as the growing and harvesting of hibiscus - a plant that can be used to make herbal tea.

WFH (working from home) or just being stuck at home, has become a reality for many of us for some time. For some, this change in routine and surroundings has come with the temptation to mindlessly snack and overeat, sometimes even unknowingly.

LAURENCE MCKEOWN, who endured 70 days on hunger strike in 1981 in the Maze Prison, and who since become an awarenesses winning writer, will read at the next Over The Edge.

With a general election expected in the coming months, there is much frenzied speculation about the prospects of the various parties across the constituencies. A curious feature of the discussions of Galway West is how little Fianna Fáil features in the conversation.

Suzanne Seery, BSc, PgDip, MSc, MINDI - Lead Dietitian at Croí, the Heart & Stroke Charity

Galway schools are being asked to join a nationwide campaign against food waste as world hunger levels rise to new alarming levels.

Almost 7,000 people gathered in Ballina last weekend to take part in the National Hunger Strike Commemoration which took place in Mayo for the first time. Thousands travelled from all over the country to mark the 36th anniversary of the H-Block hunger strikes as well as honour the Mayo men who died on hunger strike including Ballycroy native Jack McNeela, Hollymount’s Frank Stagg, and Ballina man Michael Gaughan.

LAWRENCE MCKEOWN, who went 70 days without food during the 1981 Hunger Strikes, will speak in NUI Galway about the Hunger Strikes and the 1916 Rising, both of which have anniversaries this year.

Whether we like it or not, when it comes to the perfect figure, we look to the Hollywood starlets for ‘thinspiration’. At the recent Oscars, there were very few bulges on display! While a lot of these A-listers are actually too thin, a slimmer, trimmer, healthier shape and size is achievable for us all, without the prerequisite of a personal chef and personal trainer!