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The Blood Transfusion Service Board will be in Bagenalstown in County Carlow this week.

Keeping your children well when they go back to school is not always easy. Regardless of their age, they are going back into packed classrooms full of germs, and our changing Irish climate means immunity is often compromised. For parents, that means niggly colds, sore throats, tummy bugs, ear infections, and lots of other fun stuff!

Athlone-based Elan has claimed that a post-hoc analysis showed that its controversial multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri increases the probability of achieving sustained improvement in physical disability over two years when compared to a placebo.

Many people think that the Alexander Technique involves improving posture by ‘sitting up straight’. Nothing could be further from the truth. It involves releasing unconscious tension from our body to allow us to move through life with greater ease. It can dramatically help or prevent backache, arthritis, insomnia, and a whole range of physical aches and pains. By learning the technique you may find that your confidence and self-esteem naturally grow. You may also find a natural spontaneity, a greater contentment, and a deeper love of life.

This October designer Orla Kiely will launch a new exclusive accessories collection in Ireland to support Fashion Targets Breast Cancer in aid of Action Breast Cancer, a programme of the Irish Cancer Society and Europa Donna Ireland.

Formally launched in February this year by Minister for Health Mary Harney, Oak Tree Home Care Ltd, a home-care team established by Carlow woman Michelle and her husband Eugene, has been operating in Carlow since September 2004 and has been growing since its inception.

Harmony Acupuncture Clinic, formerly located in Flood Street, Galway has recently moved to new premises. The modern, custom designed clinic is now located in Charter House, Liosban Business Park, Tuam Road, Galway.

A man from Ballina who drove his friends to work the morning after he was out the night before, was convicted, fined and disqualified at Foxford District Court on Tuesday.

Just under 200 people died from cardiovascular diseases in Westmeath last year according to  Professor Alice Stanton, chair of the Irish Heart Foundation’s Council on Blood Pressure.

NUI Galway’s nursing course is set to have one of the biggest loss next year following the revelation that the number of places in nursing degree programmes will be cut by 16 per cent nationwide.