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Endometriosis is a benign gynaecological condition affecting up to 10% of women of reproductive age causing pain and/or infertility. Tissue similar to the lining inside the uterus (“the endometrium”) implants and grows inside the abdomen and pelvis causing inflammation and scarring. In Ireland, it is estimated that 155,000 women are affected by the conditioni. Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease which causes significant morbidity interfering with many aspects of a woman’s life and can have a major impact on quality of life.

A study conducted by Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) in partnership with Offaly Sports Partnership has revealed a significant gap in coaches’ understanding of how the menstrual cycle impacts female athlete performance.

Clean Coasts together with Shore Things, a Galway City Partnership initiative headed to the popular Claddagh Beach to collect scientific data as part of citizen science research recently.

Over a recent number of months, the Technological University of the Shannon Students’ Union and TUS SU welfare working group have lobbied with the third level institution to secure a funding provision in support of their ending period poverty initiative across all TUS campuses.

Clean Coasts and Uisce Éireann are urging you to be a good egg in the kitchen this Easter and help the environment in the process.

Clean Coasts is once again asking people around Ireland to #BreakUpWithPlastic this Valentine’s Day and switch to sustainable, reusable alternatives. This year, the focus is on the bathroom and the Think Before You Flush campaign, which is operated by Clean Coasts in partnership with Uisce Éireann.

Think Before You Flush is a public awareness campaign operated by Clean Coasts in partnership with Irish Water, addressing the issue of flushing unsuitable items down the toilet.

Nixx, a new Irish brand based in Galway, has recently launched its cutting-edge range of period and bladder leak underwear. An environmentally conscious company, Nixx specialises in period and bladder leak underwear that is 100 per cent reusable, absorbent, leak-proof, and stylish.

Kate Golden, a makeup artist from Westport, is teaming up with the Think Before You Flush campaign, to invite the people of Westport to make small changes in their flushing behaviour.

A county-wide collection, to assist people living in Direct Provision in Galway, is taking place over the coming days, and donations of everything from sanitary products to toothbrushes are welcome.