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Starting a new school is a landmark moment in the life of a child. It can be a daunting prospect, filled with anxiety and excitement. However, it is also the beginning of a new adventure, a chance to make new friends, to try new sports and activities, to learn new subjects, a time to stand on your own two feet with a newly found air of independence.

Anxiety is on the increase today. The issue is often described as a "silent epidemic" and Covid-19, in particular, highlighted our vulnerability to it. In the first year of the pandemic, the global prevalence of both anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25 per cent, according to the World Health Organisation.

It's midday Monday. Outside, the sun kisses the green grass of the Quad at the University of Galway. There is a sense of calm before the storm here. A whiff of change in the air.

The Irish Motor Neuron Disease Association (IMNDA) has launched a bereavement programme for those that have lost loved ones to motor neuron disease (MND).

Galway United travel to Tallaght with ten games to go in the season. Their league safety is secure while the hunt for European football is still on.

We’re never short of things for doing in this neck of the woods at this time of the year.

I am disappointed to have lost my seat on Galway City Council. The seat was won by Pauline O’Reilly five years ago, and I was co-opted after her election to the Seanad.

It’s a cliche that Ireland would be the best country in the world if the sun just kept shining a bit more, but there’s no denying that there’s nothing like some rays to bring out the best side of us.

When the bells peal on a new year, we enter it with a bucket of fresh hope that the changing of what are just numbers will alter what lies ahead. It is a naive but innocent assumption that does no harm.

Slimming World, Ireland’s largest weight loss organisation, is looking for people with a passion for helping others. The company has launched a campaign to recruit more people to start their own weight loss group with a special Slimming World careers opportunity event to be held virtually on Friday, January 26.