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Fianna Fáil Agricultural Spokesperson Éamon Ó Cuív travelled to Brussels last Wednesday to urge the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, to deliver greater price and gross margin transparency in the EU food sector.

While lots of people will be seeking to reassess their diet and lifestyle as part of their New Year resolutions, it can be difficult to know where to start.

An allergy or intolerance is an acute sensitivity to an otherwise harmless substance, which the immune system confuses with a dangerous infection thereby releasing a surge of histamine, which causes allergic symptoms.

The public needs reassurance that traces of horse DNA found in burgers from two meat processing plants is not a widespread practice in the industry.

The week of December 14-21, the Prince Bar and Karma Club are hosting a toy drop for anyone who wishes to donate toys, gift vouchers, etc to St Vincent de Paul, who will in turn donate them to families across Athlone.

A 38-year-old man accused of embarking on a tresspass and thieving spree at University Hospital Galway over a four-month period and making off with booty worth nearly €2,000 has been remanded on continuing bail.

Two sisters were before Castlebar District Court this week after they pleaded guilty to stealing groceries from supermarkets. The older of the sisters was also before court for stealing clothes on a separate date.

A Co Galway student and mother of four has set herself a challenge of feeding her family on €10 a day this month.

The Fairtrade Fortnight has begun and with Joyces 365 and Oxfam getting in on the action there will be plenty of delights in store for customers for yet another week.

Nell Leahy, drawing on her natural wisdom, explained that boils could be difficult to cure. But if you pressed a hot bottle, heated with boiling water, against the boil it would extract the vile contents and then, hopefully, the boil would go down and disappear. This could be painful, but effective.