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Eight women still not contacted over CervicalCheck errors 6 years ago

Eight women still not contacted over CervicalCheck errors

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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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Pippa leads the ‘Save Your Skin’ campaign to make everyone SunSmart 6 years ago

Pippa leads the ‘Save Your Skin’ campaign to make everyone SunSmart

Businesswoman and influencer, Pippa O’Connor, has today helped launch La Roche-Posay’s “Save Your Skin” campaign, in partnership with the Irish Cancer Society.

The campaign aims to raise awareness of skin …
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How to dine out while on a diet 6 years ago

How to dine out while on a diet

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Summer is coming and with most of us getting ready for a holiday that may be coming up, we all want to be keeping on track as much as we …
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Emergency funding brings CervicalCheck counselling support to Donegal 6 years ago

Emergency funding brings CervicalCheck counselling support to Donegal

The Irish Cancer Society has announced emergency funding so that women directly affected by the CervicalCheck controversy can have free counselling in their own community.

Funds will be made available …
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‘Don’t Fear the Smear’ – Donegal doctor seeks to reassure women 6 years ago

‘Don’t Fear the Smear’ – Donegal doctor seeks to reassure women

A Donegal practice has launched a dedicated smear test clinic for all women who would like a repeat test in the wake of the CervicalCheck controversy.

The High Court case …
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A conspiracy of silence: Over 1,500 cervical cancer cases not re-checked 6 years ago

A conspiracy of silence: Over 1,500 cervical cancer cases not re-checked

Approximately 1,500 women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer in the last ten years have not had their CervicalCheck audited, it has emerged this week.

The HSE has revealed that …
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Let’s start the conversation Donegal Mammies – World Maternal Mental Health Day 6 years ago

Let’s start the conversation Donegal Mammies – World Maternal Mental Health Day

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Today is World Maternal Mental Health Day, May is Maternal Mental Health Month.

This is a serious health matter, that needs more awareness and acceptance. We need to be …
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Here’s what the Health Minister was told before Vicky Phelan’s CervicalCheck case 6 years ago

Here’s what the Health Minister was told before Vicky Phelan’s CervicalCheck case

The latest development in the CervicalCheck controversy has revealed that attempts were made to keep Vicky Phelan’s case confidential, but she rejected these moves.

The Limerick mother of two settled …
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HSE confirms 17 deaths and 162 women left in the dark over CervicalCheck errors 6 years ago

HSE confirms 17 deaths and 162 women left in the dark over CervicalCheck errors

The HSE has confirmed that 208 women had their negative tests subject to review in the CervicalCheck error case. Out of that 208, 162 were not told that their cases were under …
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Don’t compare your progress to someone else 6 years ago

Don’t compare your progress to someone else

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It is very easy to get down when it comes to progress.

But, first you need to know what real progress looks like.

1-2lbs per week is very good progress …
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3 ways to beat night time snacking 6 years ago

3 ways to beat night time snacking

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One thing that seems to be a huge obstacle for people is snacking in the evenings and at night.

The scenario usually goes like this;

You manage your meals fine …
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Town centre tranforms into women’s health hub 6 years ago

Town centre tranforms into women’s health hub

Women in Letterkenny have been getting free health checks, advice and celebrating women’s health in the heart of the town thanks to the CDP this week.

This week is Women’s …
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How to stop letting other people control how you feel 6 years ago

How to stop letting other people control how you feel

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By personalising other people’s negative thoughts or opinions we are allowing them to control how we feel.

Q. So how can we stop this?

A. By changing the way we …
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It’s Our Day: Free events pop-up in Letterkenny for Women’s Health Week 6 years ago

It’s Our Day: Free events pop-up in Letterkenny for Women’s Health Week

Health and beauty demos, advice stands and fun events are on the agenda for Wednesday 18th April. The Courtyard Shopping Centre will be a hub of free information and services …
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Reasons you don’t need another diet 6 years ago

Reasons you don’t need another diet

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Every diet works, until it doesn’t!

If that sounds confusing, it shouldn’t. In fact it’s pretty much true for every diet you have ever tried right up to reading this …
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Highlights aplenty as Brigde bows out at B-Bobs after 25 years 6 years ago

Highlights aplenty as Brigde bows out at B-Bobs after 25 years

When the 13-year-old Brigde Lavery was given a straight choice – get a career or stay in school – by her father, the answer was simple.

She spent her weeks …
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Labels – For Jars or People? 6 years ago

Labels – For Jars or People?

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We grow up with labels that are used to define us. These labels can be attached by other people and even by ourself at times. Society, family, social media, work …
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Letterkenny mum leads campaign for Organ Donor Awareness Week 6 years ago

Letterkenny mum leads campaign for Organ Donor Awareness Week

Her children Zoe, Féile and Mollie, also took part in the awareness campaign alongside broadcaster Claire Byrne.

In 2017 Ireland recorded a record number of organ donors and transplants, which …
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Inspirtional nurse Aileen donates kidney to ill father 6 years ago

Inspirtional nurse Aileen donates kidney to ill father

Taking care of kidney patients was part of renal nurse Aileen Walsh’s daily routine; but when her previously very healthy father Seamus was diagnosed with end stage kidney failure, she …
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Donegal Mind Wellness presents new series of Stress Control courses 6 years ago

Donegal Mind Wellness presents new series of Stress Control courses

Local mental health charity Donegal Mind Wellness is set to launch another round of Stress Control courses in various locations around the county.

The programme is open to everyone. It is …
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Alison’s ambitions to help Donegal families understand Dyspraxia 6 years ago

Alison’s ambitions to help Donegal families understand Dyspraxia

Alison Doherty’s eldest son Ryan was diagnosed with Dyspraxia last year, and it was only then that she discovered a lack of awareness of the condition.

Dyspraxia is a …
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HPV vaccine teams revisit Donegal’s first year girls 6 years ago

HPV vaccine teams revisit Donegal’s first year girls

The HSE have launched the next phase of the HPV Vaccine Information Campaign to support parents in making an informed decision to ensure their daughters get the vaccine and get protected …
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5 ways to deal with rejection when feeling anxious 6 years ago

5 ways to deal with rejection when feeling anxious

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Rejection is hard for most people. Since childhood, we have looked for acceptance from our friends in school to our parents at home. Sometimes doing whatever we can and …
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Is sitting bad for your health? 6 years ago

Is sitting bad for your health?

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Sitting has recently been described as the ‘Smoking of our Generation’ and it has been compared to cancer for it’s ill health effects.

The average time spent sitting is around …
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The silent agony of Endometriosis 6 years ago

The silent agony of Endometriosis

We all know someone who struggles with their periods – be it a sister, daughter, friend or colleague.

You know that woman who goes through hell every month? She has …
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Be kind to yourself 6 years ago

Be kind to yourself

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“You will never speak to anyone more than you speak to yourself in your head, be kind to yourself”

When we are living with low self-esteem, it …
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Need a digital detox? Try this challenge 6 years ago

Need a digital detox? Try this challenge

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This week I set a challenge for the members of my Rushe Fitness Gym and also the members of my online Lean in 2018 program.

The challenge was simple.

No …
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The best piece of fitness advice you will ever get 6 years ago

The best piece of fitness advice you will ever get

By  •  Health

Fitness has exploded in Donegal over the past few years.

The number of people training is on the rise and it doesn’t look to be slowing down.

When I started …
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Trigger foods: How to avoid a bingefest 6 years ago

Trigger foods: How to avoid a bingefest

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Everyone has one.

Some of us have more than one.

Some of us have a whole array of foods that set us off on a bingefest that can leave us …
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Looking for the best fat loss supplement? There’s one thing you should know 6 years ago

Looking for the best fat loss supplement? There’s one thing you should know

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January may be over, but It seems as if you cannot turn on your computer, phone, TV or radio, without being met with some form of advertisement for “Fat Loss …
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Get Fit with your Bit! 6 years ago

Get Fit with your Bit!

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FitBits have become very popular in the health and fitness world.

Last year, Ireland was ranked as the ‘Fittest Country in the World’ for 2017, based on data they collected from …
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Don’t think about the Pink Elephant 6 years ago

Don’t think about the Pink Elephant

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Let’s do a thought experiment:

  • Close your eyes.
  • Imagine a pink elephant
  • What shade of pink is it?
  • Is it happy/sad/indifferent?
  • Think about the pink elephant for 60 …
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Women in Donegal called upon to #SharetheWisdom 6 years ago

Women in Donegal called upon to #SharetheWisdom

To mark European Cervical Cancer Prevention week, the Irish Cancer Society is urging women to ensure that they are up to date with their cervical cancer screening as it can …
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Low intensity exercising for weight loss that works 6 years ago

Low intensity exercising for weight loss that works

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Over the last few years, HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) has taken off in popularity.

Its main selling point is short workouts with a large calorie burn.

The only problem …
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Is your smear test overdue? 6 years ago

Is your smear test overdue?

The #SmearForSmear campaign has seen thousands of women sharing a selfie of smeared lipstick after attending their smear test.

The charity was founded in memory of Jo Maxwell, who was …
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Weekend Depression – it’s a thing 6 years ago

Weekend Depression – it’s a thing

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Weekend Depression: It can start to sneak up on you without you knowing it. During the week you’re busy with work, children, schedules and activities. Yet when Friday or Saturday …
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5 healthy hunger-busting breakfast ideas 6 years ago

5 healthy hunger-busting breakfast ideas

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Breakfast doesn’t have to be difficult.

The one thing I ALWAYS teach the members of my Lean in 2018 Program is that they shouldn’t stress over food.

The one question …
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The 5 best ways to beat the January Blues 6 years ago

The 5 best ways to beat the January Blues

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So yesterday was ‘Blue Monday’ supposedly the most depressing day of the year.

We look forward to winter, the cosy nights and the lead up to Christmas. The parties, the …
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Don’t let the ‘success’ of others put you off 6 years ago

Don’t let the ‘success’ of others put you off

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Social media is a both a blessing and a curse.

It allows us to keep in touch with friends and family around the world and also to ‘see inside’ their …
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Competition: Have you won an Unlimited Pass with Aoife Mc Gill Personal Training? 6 years ago

Competition: Have you won an Unlimited Pass with Aoife Mc Gill Personal Training?

Letterkenny personal trainer Aoife McGill is all set for an exciting new year of helping people achieve their health and fitness goals – and one prizewinner will get to see …
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Why worry? 6 years ago

Why worry?

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  • What are worries?

Worries are just thoughts and thoughts are not fact. They have no reality. Worries begin when we ask, “What if…” then the mental …
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Don’t compare your weight loss to others 6 years ago

Don’t compare your weight loss to others

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The January resolutions are in full swing.

Everyone is making some sort of healthy change to their activity levels or their diets.

When you see that 80% of resolutions fail …
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1 in 4 Irish people unable to name any symptoms of lung cancer 6 years ago

1 in 4 Irish people unable to name any symptoms of lung cancer

The research conducted from the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) show a significant drop in awareness from 2013 when only 9% of Irish people were unable to name any symptoms …
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Aoife McGill’s passion to help us be fit, strong and unstoppable in 2018 6 years ago

Aoife McGill’s passion to help us be fit, strong and unstoppable in 2018

Aoife McGill is the inspirational leader behind Aoife Mc Gill Personal Training. She could be the source of motivation you’re looking for this January to start a fresh and friendly …
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Visualise your 2018 6 years ago

Visualise your 2018

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As we all know from experience, making a New Year’s resolution is easy. Sticking with it and actually achieving your goal is not so easy.

New Year’s resolutions is …
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The best way to lose weight in January is… 6 years ago

The best way to lose weight in January is…

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January dieting usually follows a very similar trend around the world.

  • Let’s lose ALL THE WEIGHT…..
  • When do we want to lose it?
  • THE 1ST 2 WEEKS IN JANUARY …
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Staying active over the holidays 6 years ago

Staying active over the holidays

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If there is one way, that is guaranteed to beat the holiday bloat or the day after the night before, it’s getting out and doing some exercise.

While the thought …
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If you need an excuse to get a massage, this is it 6 years ago

If you need an excuse to get a massage, this is it

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Tired, Sore and Stressed Out?

Most people would agree a massage makes them feel good, but many probably don’t realise exactly how good a regular massage is for their overall …
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Major fundraiser tomorrow night as Mikaela gets ready for life-changing surgery 6 years ago

Major fundraiser tomorrow night as Mikaela gets ready for life-changing surgery

Convoy schoolgirl Mikaela was born prematurely and was diagnosed with spina bifida.

Her parents, Sinéad and Chris, didn’t know if she would ever walk.

But bubbly Mikaela, who attends Scoil …
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Keep calm and party on: 4 low-calorie Christmas drinks 6 years ago

Keep calm and party on: 4 low-calorie Christmas drinks

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It is officially December and that can only mean one thing; Christmas party season has officially arrived.

With the upcoming festivities and with Christmas being only a few weeks away, it …
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