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As an essential service KCL Roofing & Guttering remains open during lockdown.

Iron is the main component needed for the production of haemoglobin, the pigment within our red blood cells, where it is required for oxygen transportation from the lungs to the body’s tissues, and the carbon dioxide transportation from the tissues to the lungs.

Galway City Council officials expect that the bathing water at Ballyloughane beach ‘will meet basic standard’ shortly.

Irish Water, working in partnership with Mayo County Council, is progressing with essential works to enhance the drinking water supply for homes and businesses in Foxford.

Sulphur is one of the most abundant minerals in the human body and it play’s a very important role in the body’s organs and systems.

Most people are aware of the important role of calcium in the body. Magnesium and calcium go hand in hand, especially in relation to bone health, and also to ensure proper nerve impulse transmission. Magnesium has an influence on the metabolism and regulation of calcium so it is important to have a good dietary balance of both these important minerals. In fact magnesium is needed in order for calcium to be bound to tooth enamel.

Zinc is found in every cell in the body and is a component in over 200 enzymes, more than any other mineral.

Building the N6 road is one of the most "blatant examples of a human activity which will certainly increase our emissions and our dependence on cars", Dep Catherine Connolly told the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing into the project on Monday.

An exceedance for the pesticide, MCPA, has been detected in the public drinking water supply in Louisburgh.

Chromium is an essential trace mineral which forms a major part of Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF) in the body, being responsible for the proper use of glucose.