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The arrival of a new year can see us all hoping to add a little extra colour to our lives and what better place to start than in the kitchen.

As we begin a new year and as I prepare to step down from my role of 23 years as CEO of COPE Galway, my reflections on the last 12 months lead me in a number of directions.

Over the past year, we have seen how important wellness is for both our physical and mental wellbeing. Wellness is about making choices for a healthier lifestyle; having fitness routines to move more, achieving quality sleep, dealing with stress, and healthy eating. As we embark on a new year, Harvey Norman’s Connected Fitness and Health range is here to inspire and help your wellness journey whether you are taking on a virtual challenge, online fitness classes, or starting couch to 5k.

Are you looking to start the New Year with a new hobby? Why not start now and book your place on one of the Irish courses from Conradh na Gaeilge, and join a growing group of people, including Ryan Tubridy and Imelda May, in reclaiming your language.

The roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign commenced in Portiuncula University Hospital this past week with Louise Ann McGrath, Clinical Nurse Manager 2, St John’s Ward being the first staff member in the hospital to receive the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.

Q: It was a very different – and difficult – year, 2020. I would like to be positive now and make 2021 count with proper resolutions in my life and career. Any advice you can offer? (BC, email).

Galway-based multi-award winning recruitment agency, Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment, has seen an unprecedented number of vacancies open up in the MedTech sector at the beginning of 2021. The MedTech sector currently employs over 40,000 people in Ireland and is the second largest employer of MedTech professionals in Europe, per capita. As many as nine of the world’s top 10 MedTech companies have a base in Ireland.

This is the time of the year for ‘les bonnes résolutions’, perhaps more so than ever, in what looks like being an extraordinary but challenging year. So, why not start the year by joining a French class with the French Institute Galway? The friendly staff members are all fully qualified, very experienced, and native, thus ensuring all students are immersed in an authentic linguistic and cultural experience.

With the uncertainty of the last few months, many individuals have turned to running to relieve stress, clear their heads and feel more in control, according to findings of research undertaken by Irish Life Health.

It has been a 2020 to forget and this new year has dawned like never before.