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TAKEN FROM :-Irish Times HealthTuesday, 31st August 2010Muiris Houston At The Heart of Women’s Problems “My heart is low, my heart is so low, As only a woman’s heart can be”  – Eleanor McEvoy This lyric came to mind when reading a recent press release from the Irish Heart Foundation. Consultant physician Dr Kate McGarry,

Taken fromCLONMEL NATIONALISTTHURSDAY, 2ND SEPTEMBER 2010 On July 17th Clonmel man Brendan O’Mahony from Cherrymount, undertook a lone walk on the Camino Ingles from Ferrol to Santiago in Spain, covering 150 kilometres. The walk was in memory of his  32 year-old son Conor, who died suddenly in 2006. Brendan’s trek raised sponsorship of €16,000, which

A new community group in Clonakilty has been set up to help respond and treat people in the locality who have a medical emergency Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health and Children officially launched The ‘Clonakilty Community First Responder’ group (CFR), in association with the HSE Ambulance Service last month. Now, when someone dials 999

Kieran Galvin WHILE the cream of Europe’s triathletes battled for glory in Athlone last weekend, many of the local participants had different aims in mind. Some were happy to complete a triathlon for the first time; others were attempting to improve on their performance from last year; some took part for charity and others did