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"As I write this article, it’s a sunny morning in early Spring. There are signs of buds on trees and daffodils are beginning to make their presence known. However, the country is still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the hope that the vaccine is providing, severe restrictions still cast a long shadow over most of us, with no certainty as to when loved ones can unite again and the economy can open," says Proconsult's Dermot Hughes.

It seems like it's déjà vu all over again. Have people not learned?

CF sufferers are brave.

WITH HALLOWEEN around the corner, both the online and real worlds are suffering from a ‘killer clown’ craze which does a disservice to a noble art form. In Galway, Halloween occurs on the final day of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival – probably the largest gathering of true clowns in Ireland.

Do you or someone you know suffer from glossophobia – the fear of public speaking? Does the thought of making a speech fill you with fear? Are you worried about an upcoming event where you are required to speak? A new TV programme, The Secret Speech, may hold the secret to overcoming your fears.

Michael McGuinness from The Access Clinic, Castlebar, outlines how anxiety disorders can impact on your life.

A phobia is an irrational, intense, and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, people, etc. The main symptom is excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one's control, and if the fear is interfering with daily life, a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made.

Irish Hypnosis is one of the few hypnosis companies in Ireland that can claim to significantly reduce, if not totally eliminate negative symptoms associated with panic attacks after one single session!