THE closing date is fast approaching for applications for Food Works, a collaborative initiative run by Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland and Teagasc for innovative and export driven food and drink start-ups. If you want to follow in the footsteps of thriving food and drink companies as Nobó, Wicklow Wolf, and Fiid, you have until December …

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Paul Hopkins, a Satoa Travel Writer of the Year recipient — awarded for writings on Africa, Asia and the Indian Ocean — describes a visit to the luxury Steenberg Hotel WHAT would make you want to come back to a place that’s so much more than a piece of paradise? A place with almost eternal …

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BY CLAIR WHITTY I think looking after our immune system is at the top of our list this year more than any other. Many of you, like me, will be trying to prevent common cold symptoms developing into respiratory problems. You won’t want to miss any days from work or your kids any days from …

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BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST PRIOR to the 2020s, choice was limited for people who chose not to drink alcohol when socialising. Normal everyday drinking options were plentiful enough. Tea, coffee in a wide variety of styles, tisanes, soft drinks, milk, juice or just good old plain water were enough for daily purposes. That changed completely …

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BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR WE didn’t have #Elfontheshelf back in my day, but Santa’s spy has been keeping kids in check for several years now. However, there are a million Elf on the Shelf toys apparently stuck in China due to global port congestion, prompting media scare stories about elf rationing (only two per …

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AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON A FRIEND who was making a speech at her 80th birthday celebrations suggested that maybe we should live our lives backwards. Think about it, she said, you would climb out of your coffin, gradually lose your aches and pains, get your job back, emerge from that mid-life crisis …

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THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS The scientific consensus goes that the holy grail for containing Covid – herd immunity – is achievable. Achievable if enough people get the vaccine – at least 70%, if not 90%, of the world’s population (the figures vary). Also, there is the matter of an annual booster, Covid …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Tom Walsh cup awaits winners St Canice’s Credit Union (Kilkenny) Senior Hurling Championship Final Shamrocks Ballyhale Vs O’Loughlin Gaels SHERRY SAYS FINAL PREVIEW…… Sunday 7th November 2021 – UPMC Nowlan Park, the home of hurling, the last two teams standing, following a pulsating championship campaign. Four …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART No glory for Henry as favourites crash out Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Intermediate Hurling Championship Glenmore 0-19 Thomastown 1-13 Glenmore shook off their underdogs tag to hand Henry Shefflin a defeat in what would prove to be his final game in charge, before he heads west. …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Hickey at the double as Freshford make final Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Intermediate Hurling Championship St Lachtain’s 2-12 Fenians 0-10 A 2-goal salvo from centre-forward Liam Hickey was the difference between the two sides at UPMC Nowlan Park last Sunday. There was just two points separating …

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