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The last few weeks have been among the busiest in the history of Mayo Mountain Rescue Team. Team leader Mary Walsh noted that since Reek Sunday, at the end of July, to September 7, the team have responded to 14 call outs. “It is unprecedented in the history of the team that we have had such a concentration of call-outs in the last number of weeks,” she said. Similar sentiments were expressed by deputy team leader Declan Conway, who remarked that in all his years on the team, he had never seen such a demand for its services.

The Irish Ambulance Training Institute, an award winning national training institute headquartered in Ballybrit, Galway, is offering a wide range of courses over the coming months to those who wish to pursue a career in the healthcare sector. The institute has a long history of delivering courses in the first aid and emergency care fields and also offers an expansive range of FETAC accredited courses for those working as or seeking employment as healthcare assistants. The institute is offering the most comprehensive range of healthcare training courses available nationwide.

Child protection in sport, sports first aid, sports leadership training, club development workshops and leader training for older people groups are just some of the upcoming sports volunteer training courses which will be available through Mayo Sports Partnership over the coming months.

A gynaecologist in his forties who was based in Chicago died as he began climbing Croagh Patrick on Tuesday. Dr Thomas Connolly, who was accompanied with his wife, Dr Kim Connolly, and a number of others, collapsed and died at the statue of St Patrick as he started his ascent around midday.

Child protection in sport, sports first aid, sports leadership training, funding workshops, club development seminars, coach education, and disability awareness training are just some of the upcoming sports volunteer training courses which will be available through the partnership over the coming months. To view timetable visit www.mayosports.ie

As part of its spring 2012 programme of events Mayo Sports Partnership is to host a club development seminar for sports clubs/groups on Monday February 6 from 7pm to 10pm in the Breaffy GAA Centre, Castlebar. Keynote speaker on the evening will be Minister of State for Sport and Tourism Dep Michael Ring who will be joined on the night by local experts giving presentations on a number of pertinent topics including child protection in sport, generating income through better use of facilities, social media for beginner clubs, committee structures/roles, and volunteer recruitment strategies. Indeed as part of the proceedings Minister Ring will also locally launch the new Get Ireland Active website www.getirelandactive.ie which is a one stop shop for physical activity in the country.

Ayurveda is a system of natural healing, a way of life which treats each and every person in accordance with his or her unique individual constitution. It educates and empowers us on how to take care of our health and wellbeing by getting to know our unique natural physical and psychological make-up and tendencies. By guiding us in making changes in our diet, lifestyle, and regime Ayurveda can help prevent, treat, and remove both disease and symptoms. With a history of more than 5,000 years it stands as the most comprehensive natural health system in the world.

With three public holidays in the next week, Midoc, the out-of-hours emergency GP service for the Midland region, has announced its holiday hours, and has asked potential patients to be extra mindful the service is only for patients who require urgent GP medical care.

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Operation Transformation star presents Goal to Work certificates to Ballina sports coaches