Dyspraxia Ireland’s Smart Moves Workshop is coming to Donegal next month to share advice and support to parents, educators and childcare workers who want to learn more about managing the condition.
Pinehill Studios are about to launch a ‘Be Kind To Your Mind’ Piloxing programme for adults on Monday 5th November 2018.
What does that involve? I recently joined a class at …
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The goal for most at this time of year is to get in shape for the Christmas party season.
New clothing will be bought, photographs will be taken and everyone …
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and McElhinneys are spending this important time of year raising awareness and much needed funds for Cancer Care West.
The Ballybofey Department Store has …
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Theresa May has come under a lot of fire lately. With Brexit looming over her head and the opposition parties howling for her blood, being ridiculed for her dancing may …
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The Irish Cancer Society is urging women to be breast aware as the number of cases increases.
There has been a 25 per cent increase in the number of breast cancer cases over ten years, according …
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I don’t know about you, but it seems as if winter has well arrived earlier than usual to Donegal this year.
The dark evenings have set in. The weather is …
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The next meeting of the Donegal Dyspraxia Support Group is taking place on Wednesday 26th September.
The event will hear from three guests speakers giving advice for parents and educators on …
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Emma Doherty is part of a local delegation attending a Tick Talk Lyme Disease Awareness Rally on Wednesday 26th September in Dublin.
The Gleneely mother has had a new lease …
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Dr Sally’s scoping inquiry into the CervicalCheck errors has made fifty recommendations to the Minister for Health to renew and strengthen the screening service.
Dr Scally heard from women and …
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Last week Cosmopolitan UK broke the internet by putting Tess Holliday on its front cover.
If you haven’t seen it, were unaware of it or do not know who Tess …
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The fitness community has been challenging themselves to achieve new goals all summer as part of the Summer Shape Up contest. Now in its second year, the challenge is a …
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The Rushe Fitness Summer Shape Up challenge comes to an end this Saturday and excitement is building to see who will be crowned the 2018 champion.
Designed by Letterkenny gym …
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Some smear tests under CervicalCheck have expired due to such long backlogs in the screening programme, the Irish Times reports.
Patients have faced delays of up to 13 weeks in …
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Anxiety is a part of everyday life for many people. Yet you may be completely unaware, as so many people put in a lot of energy and time in hiding …
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In the next 2 weeks, the summer will be officially over.
The kids will all be back a school and everyone’s routines will start to get back to normal.
How …
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If you were to look at any industry, and you were to look at the leading ‘influencers’ within that industry, you will usually find a ‘celebrity’ or someone who is …
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I got a message through to my page after a survey I put up last Thursday evening.
The lady was enquiring if I still had my online coaching available as …
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Liz Hanlon from Doochary has invited the Minister for Health to visit her ill son and see him screaming in pain as he awaits an operation to fix his spine.
Jason …
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It can be so hard to practice any type of self-care when you’re not feeling yourself. Yet this is exactly when you need it the most.
On days …
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The blogging world was thrown into turmoil this year.
Social media, make up, fashion and fitness ‘influencers’ were shown to be taking ‘liberties’ when it came to their posts and …
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What is OCD?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental illness that creates negative thoughts. These thoughts lead you to believe that if you do not carry out a certain …
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Have you ever found yourself getting drawn into work and not realising how much time has gone by?
Have you ever went on your phone to check Facebook or Instagram …
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It is exactly a year since I last posted about Jenny, but she is starting to raise her head again.
It must be whenever people start to get in shape …
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Cancer campaigner Betty Holmes has raised serious concerns over revelations that just half of patients referred as urgent breast cancer cases to Letterkenny University Hospital in 2017 were seen within …
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Following the repeal of the Eighth Amendment in May, Minister for Health Simon Harris has secured approval from Cabinet Minister on the overall legislation on abortions.
The law will allow women to …
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Working in a stressful, high-pressured or demanding job can negatively impact on your mental health. This, coupled with issues at home, arranging child care throughout the summer holidays …
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Twice during the past week, I was met with body shaming on social media.
Once towards a person on Facebook and another in a group on Twitter.
The thing is, …
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This is 2nd part of a 2 part article on progress and why you might not be seeing any.
The 1st part can be seen on Donegal Daily here and …
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An informative and supportive national event for parents of children with Dyspraxia will take place next week.
Canadian Professor Cheryl Missiuna will lead two events at the Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street …
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Ireland is experiencing it’s hottest summer in decades, so there are many cautions against skin cancer for people enjoying the good weather.
Being aware of your skin type can help …
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People with underlying health problems, the elderly, babies and young children are more at risk of suffering from the impact of prolonged hot weather and nights, so it’s important to …
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Researchers found that most mums experience a significant dip in self-esteem after having a baby that can last up to three years.
This is regardless of the mother’s relationship …
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Last week was Men’s Health Week 2018.
If there is one thing you should know about men, it’s that we don’t like to talk about things, even when we should.
The Termon woman played the full hour last Saturday evening as Donegal defeated Monaghan by 14 points in the Ulster semi-final.
That she can be expected to face Armagh in …
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How would you like to get in shape AND be in with the chance of winning one of two holidays worth €1500?
Letterkenny gym trainer Emmet Rushe is bringing …
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People like to feel comfortable.
No matter what the situation is, for most people, if they feel comfortable in their surroundings, they will be quite happy where they are.
This …
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Social media is fake.
It’s as fake as can be.
It’s driven by our need to be liked and this is being misused daily.
We judge our lives on what …
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We all know how important self-care is for our mind and body. However it is very difficult to practice self-care if we are stressed and do not recognise that we …
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There will be something for everyone when Finn Valley Community Health Forum (FVCHF) host their 2nd Annual ‘Health and Wellbeing Event’ on Thursday 14 June.
Everyone is welcome to attend …
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Emma Doherty from Gleneely has been plagued with the life-changing illness of Lyme Disease for the past 11 years. The primary school teacher was once an active and energetic woman, …
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For many years, Trish Hegarty’s worst fear was facing pregnancy and cancer together.
She had come through a breast cancer battle with two young children, but the worry that …
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It was in a small room of Letterkenny University hospital when Ballindrait couple Louise and Eddie heard the sentence that turned their lives upside down.
After her 12-week scan in …
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I am currently on a ‘diet’.
By ‘diet’, I mean that I am currently in a phase of my training where I am dropping body fat.
The goal of this …
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In light of the recent CervicalCheck controversy, the service centre has been on hand to answer queries and to provide free smear tests for women over 25 years old.
DWC Manager Mary …
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Donegal woman Miriam O’Brien got the all-clear in her smear test in 2011. Nine months later, she was diagnosed with stage two cancer in Belfast. Miriam passed away on August 25, …
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We all have anxious thoughts from time to time but sometimes these thoughts can be all we think about. They are intrusive, frightening, repetitive and hard to stop.
It …
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Have you ever looked at a model on the cover of a magazine and thought, ‘I would love to look like that?’
Maybe you have taken the 4-week workout; you …
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Over the past two weeks, Cancer Care West in Letterkenny and Galway has been offering information, support and counselling to women and families affected by the cervical screening crisis. This …
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The HSE has yet to make contact with eight women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer and affected by the CervicalCheck audit.
209 women are being treated as priority cases …
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