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It is World Heart Day this Sunday September 26, and it’s a good time to take stock of your lifestyle and see if you are doing the best for your heart. Most dietary surveys show that we as a nation are still eating too much fat in our diets. Too many of us are carrying weight that our bodies were not designed to carry. All this is a recipe for disaster, and this is reflected in world statistics showing that people in Ireland are more likely to suffer from heart disease than in practically any other country on the globe.

The Village Nursing Care Centre in Craughwell has recently been short-listed for an NHI care award. The award category, “The Nursing Home Community Initiative Award”, was established to celebrate the contribution that nursing homes make to the local community.

The International College for Personal and Professional Development, a third level adult education college in Garden Vale, Athlone, Co Westmeath, will hold an open day in Galway next week. This college provides training and education in the arena of the helping professions, in particular the field of counselling and psychotherapy, creativity, expressive arts, and spirituality.

The Red Barn in Briarhill Business Park is always evolving and coming up with new ways and ideas to transform homes and improve upon ways of decorating, painting, and window dressings. The crew recently undertook a renovation to a nursing home, where the owner wanted the rooms updated and modernised but had to conform to standards and be very functional, with of course cleaniness and comfort a high priority.

As the summer has come to a close, for most of us we are left with good memories of our holidays and the not-so-good extra holiday weight. All the overeating and partying has left us feeling sluggish and our skinny jeans are a little too snug. However there is a solution.

When you wake up in the morning do you wish you could stay in bed? Do you feel tired and weary with little appetite for a new day?

Arthritis and joint mobility classes will be held in Bernie's Fitness Direct, American Street, Belmullet, on Tuesdays from 1pm to 2pm and Wednesdays from 6pm to 7pm. Classes will also take place in Eachleim on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7pm.

During the month of October, along with rugby hero Brian O’Driscoll, Ireland’s nation of toddlers will be out in force for the annual Meningitis Trust Toddle Waddle. This year the Meningitis Trust is calling on all crèches and child minders to register for its Toddle Waddle. Register by logging on to www.meningitis-trust.ie, or by emailing [email protected]

The next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club will take place on Wednesday October 6 in GMIT’s Castlebar campus – and the theme for the meeting is a novel one: how hypnosis can help you in business.