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Your skin is an essential part of your body and it’s important to take care of it all year round. It is exposed to all kinds of elements as you go about your daily life. A good balanced diet can help your skin maintain a healthy glow. Viridian Nutrition’s Organic Ultimate Beauty Oil is an organic blend of specially selected plant oils which provide a balanced source of 3:6:9 fatty acids that includes the essential fatty acid, Gamma Linoleic Acid.

Aim to have at least four hours sleep at the same time every night/morning (eg, 3am to 7am). This will help to keep your sleep clock regular. Use the weekend or days off to get in some extra “recovery” sleep. Make sure the sleeping environment is as conducive to rest as possible.

Many people experience a change in their sleeping patterns as they age. They differ from the sleep of a younger person in the following ways: The older adult experiences numerous brief arousals in the night, and more daytime napping. There is less of a drop in body temperature during sleep for the elderly. They prefer earlier bedtimes and earlier wake-up.

Due to phenomenal demand, Tommy Tiernan has added extra shows to his Under The Influence tour. The funny man will be hitting Mayo twice as part of this tour, appearing in Breaffy House Resort on February 9 and then in Hotel Ballina nine days later on February 18.

The 7th Annual Marine Economics and Policy Research Symposium was held on Thursday, 24 November, in the Glenlo Abbey Hotel, Galway. Organised each year by the Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) of the Whitaker Institute, NUI Galway, with the support of the Marine Institute, the day provides participants with an update on a wide range of policy topics related to the marine sector in Ireland. This year there was a particular focus on the valuation of marine ecosystem services and benefits to society.

Last week I attended Portershed for a week of work experience where I fortunately got the opportunity to meet various entrepreneurs, start ups, growth companies and state agencies located in Portershed. Its goal is to create an innovation ecosystem, one that creates a synergistic relationship between people and companies that facilitates idea generation, open learning, collaboration and accelerates commercialisation.

Dandelions grow in every continent in the world, and are edible in their entirety. They are thought to have evolved about 30 million years ago and have been used for food and as a herb for most of recorded history.

Autumn colours are all around us. There are plenty of crisp leaves floating from the branches of trees, and the world is full of those delicious autumnal colours of orange and yellow, red and brown.