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The pandemic has altered life as we know it, in some cases, for the better. Busy mum of four, Galway trainer, nutrition therapist, and women’s health expert Jess Keniston, has worked to make healthy living easier, whatever the restrictions.

The announcement that pubs can reopen for outdoor trading from June 7 is an important and welcome first step, but government must now ensure indoor trading can resume as soon as possible, according to the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI).

We are, once again, in political stalemate. In the meantime, the mechanisms of the State continue as they were under a caretaker government. The problem, of course, is that 'as they were' is hardly sufficient.

Asylum seekers and their children have spent years living in an institutional setting that was designed as a short-term solution. They are accommodated by the State in residential institutions, under a reception system known as Direct Provision. Direct Provision is intended to provide for the welfare of asylum seekers and their families as they await decisions on their asylum application. It ‘directly provides’ essential services, medical care, accommodation, and board with three meals a day provided at set times. When the the system was established in 2000, it was described as an interim solution to the high numbers of asylum seekers entering the State in search of protection, and the growing concerns about the risk of homelessness for that population. More than 15 years later, little has changed in the physical conditions, supports, or treatment of asylum seekers while they remain in these centres.

Anti-wrinkle injections are the most talked-about beauty treatment in Ireland at present. Deirdre O’Dowd, operations manager at Therapie Clinic, explains why people are opting for anti-wrinkle injections as opposed to more traditional anti-ageing treatments.

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) deposited flyers into 100,000 homes across Ireland last week to promote the digs for students website www.homes.usi.ie.