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Cold and flu season is in full swing but the HSE is advising that antibiotics will not help to tackle the seasonal sniffles.

A new mobile app, launched at Galway University Hospitals this week, will further improve appropriate antibiotic use, according to Dr Pat Nash, the clinical director of the hospital group.

The HSE have launched their annual antibiotic awareness campaign, and the ads are now running on national and local radio stations highlighting the fact that it is pointless taking antibiotics for cold and flus.

Finbar Hoban Proudly Presents... Whipping Boy live at Bar Ritz (Mulroys Bar) Castlebar next Saturday night June 25 with support coming from David Hope and The Henchmen along with Vamos. Whipping Boy, the band behind one of the most underrated albums of all time Heartworm, have decided to take the show back on the road. Ferghal McGee and band are bringing their Heartworm album and more to the intimate surroundings of Bar Ritz. Expect to hear all the classics including ‘We Don’t Need Nobody Else’, ‘Twinkle’, and ‘When We Were Young’.

In 1941, the deadly Foot and Mouth disease spread rapidly through parts of County Kilkenny, including the Callan district. It especially threatened the Modeshill area in neighbouring County Tipperary.

Barna and Moycullen Veterinary is an all-female small animal practice. They have two branches – one in Barna and one in Moycullen. They have a large range of pets who come to see them for a wide range of reasons – hamsters to Great Danes, kittens to terrapins, elderly dogs to parrots and even rabbits to snakes!

A major conference for veterinary practitioners aimed at stimulating debate about the opportunities for developing their businesses in the current recession will be held in the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, on Wednesday October 27.

It is not too late for people who may be at risk of catching the flu to get the flu vaccine from their local GP, Dep Noel Treacy has pointed out this week. The east Galway TD has urged anyone at risk of contracting flu to get the vaccine as soon as possible.

The veterinary surgery at McHale Road, Castlebar has been providing a veterinary service in Castlebar for more than 30 years.

Welcoming the declaration of Brucellosis-free status in Ireland by the Agriculture Minister, Mayo Fine Gael TD John O' Mahony said this is a great result of years of disease control effort by everyone involved in producing quality beef. Deputy O’Mahony said the €9 million saved in disease control costs should be invested in young farmers’ installation aid.