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The core of good nutrition starts in the supermarket with the foods you buy, and in the kitchen with the meals you prepare. It is important to understand that nutrition is not a “one size fits all” science. Each individual has varying needs and requirements, based on a variety of factors such as food intolerances, age, activity level, sex, etc.

Elaine O’Shaughnessy is the new nutritionist in Molloy’s Lifestyle Pharmacies, Ballina. She completed a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from the National University of Ireland Galway and a MSc in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Coleraine University. She is also currently a student of the College of Naturopathic Medicine. Altogether, Elaine has a total of eight years’ experience in the health care industry with a special focus in the community setting dealing with chronic preventable diseases.

ESB, official sponsors of the GAA All-Ireland Minor Football and Hurling Championship, launched an exam support guide during the week created specifically for Minor GAA players. Part of ESB’s “Positive Energy” programme, which is designed to provide support for players participating in this year’s championship, www.esbexampass.ie was unveiled on Monday by former Minor stars Séamus Callanan and Marty Clarke, both of whom contributed to the site.

While we may not be rushing to get into bikinis in Ireland at the moment, hope springs eternal and many of us will have to brave it on holiday abroad! To help make the process a bit less painful, Nutritionist Nuala Collins offers us some healthy and tasty food tips:

Primary school children in Kilkenny have received €30,000 worth of brand new sports equipment, while Carlow schools received €32,000 donated by local SuperValu stores and their customers through the Kids in Action programme.

A unique new weekend break-away (Get Yourself Together) which will help you focus on yourself has been launched at the Westport Woods Hotel. The break is an ideal way to refocus yourself in this fast-paced, hectic world where you may have forgotten to understand or look after yourself.

Tesco has joined forces with renowned nutritionist Paula Mee to develop an exciting healthy eating meal plan booklet, Cooking with Cashsavers. The plan, which feeds a family of four for just €89.95 per week, provides nutritious recipes using products from Tesco’s extensive Cashsavers range.

For those who have gained a little extra weight over recent weeks, nutritionist, Nuala Collins, MINDI, has devised seven essential tips and a two week plan.

The challenge of running some 60 marathons, and more than 2,000 miles in 43 different countries over four years might be daunting enough for most people, but not for former Sawdoctor Johnny Donnelly who is now calling on Galway runners to join him in the Dublin marathon.

24-year-old Michael Fennelly has just been given captaincy of the Kilkenny senior hurling team - a great honour to be given to any young man, but especially when it comes with the strong possibility that he will be lifting the McCarthy Cup next September.