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An adult male and a child - the first swine flu cases in the west - recently returned from New York, it was confirmed this week.

Galway Hospice Foundation is seeking volunteers to help raise vital funds for the organisation next week.

Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the west according to the HSE.

Vitamin D is sometimes known as the sunshine vitamin as we can manufacture it in our bodies when we are exposed to sunlight. In Ireland we rely heavily on sunshine to provide us with vitamin D, so fingers crossed for the good summer we’ve all been waiting for!

A new initiative by local heart charity Croi aims to change the lifestyles of 450 people in the west considered to be most at risk from heart disease, Ireland’s biggest killer.

A seminar on preventing illness and restoring health will take place on June 16 at 7pm in The Ardilaun hotel. The seminar is based on Ayurveda, a system of health care that takes diet, lifestyle, and all aspects of mind and body into account.

A walk and fun day in memory of a four-year-old child who died from meningitis will take place in Oranmore village on Saturday June 27 at 2pm.

Four out of five dairy herds in Mayo could be positive for the highly infectious viral disease infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, according to the results of a survey carried out by leading veterinary practitioner Pat Kirwan.

Children with ear problems are unable to access audiograms in Kilkenny as public patients, as there is no audiologist available.

The Ole Henriksen facial at Spirit One Spa at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway, was highly commended in the Best Facial category at the first Irish Tatler Spa Awards. The awards took place last week in Dublin's Michelin star L'Ecrivain Restaurant.