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BY Cara Cunningham, MINDI, Community Dietitian

Sinn Féin Senator Rose Conway-Walsh has organised a public meeting to take place in the Talbot Hotel in Belmullet on Monday evening at 8pm to oppose agency staff cuts announced at Belmullet Hospital and Áras Deibhle Nursing Home.

A new extended hours GP service has opened its doors in Galway, offering patients access to doctors seven days a week, 365 days a year.

The Tour de France time is underway at the minute, with the race being contested by 176 riders from 22 teams. The Tour is at the extreme end of the sport with 21 stages covering a mind boggling 3,351km (that’s 2200 miles, in ‘old money’). Cycling has become a very popular sport and although amateur cyclists will cover the maybe not as many miles. It is important to have the right mix of fuel on board to combat fatigue and optimise performance.

Cara Cunningham, MINDI, Community Dietitian

Dr Jerry Cowley has become the latest person to throw his hat in the ring for the upcoming General Election. The Mulranny based GP was an independent TD from 2002 to 2007 before he lost his seat in the 2007 general election. Dr Cowley contested the 2001 general election for the Labour Party but he failed to regain the seat he lost four years earlier, polling 3,644 first preference votes, putting him in seventh place in the popular poll and was eliminated on the eighth count.