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Enable Ireland move to highlight inclusion
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
ENABLE Ireland, which provides a range of local services in Limerick, is asking members of the public “to consider the small things that they can do for people with disabilities in the community” this week.
The charity’s Action Week on Disability began on September 15 and will continue until September 20 and this year’s campaign focuses on the issue of access for people with disabilities.
 
Lovers of the Great Outdoors urged to explore Limerick
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
LIMERICK will play host to several events in the coming weeks that will appeal to people who enjoy or wish to start doing activities in the great outdoors.
 
Limerick to play its part in new ‘growing up’ study
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
FAMILIES in Limerick could soon be contacted to take part in a major new study entitled ‘Growing up in Ireland’ after a new phase of the research was launched last week.
 
Facing arthritis’s agonising challenges
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
ANNE Plunkett faces an agonising struggle to perform simple tasks on a daily basis and is never sure if she will be in too much pain to get out of bed at all. The challenges faced by the Boher native will be recognisable to the one in six people in Ireland who suffer from some form of the condition, arthritis.
 
Meningitis warning for Limerick parents
Tuesday, 09 September 2008
THE Meningitis Trust has urged Limerick parents to ‘catch up’ with the new pneumococcal meningitis vaccine free of charge as part of the National Childhood Immunisation Programme
 
Thousands suffering in silence
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

UP TO 7,000 people in Limerick could be suffering in silence due to a condition known as Medication Overuse Headache (MOH), according to the Migraine Association of Ireland.

 
Dental health leaves ‘bad aftertaste’
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

AS THE sixth Colgate Oral Health Month runs for September, a new survey by the company has revealed that nearly two-thirds of those surveyed don’t always feel that they have done their best to keep their mouth healthy.

 
Limerick student bags glory with a winning image
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

A LIMERICK art student struck lucky with one of her many talents when she entered a competition to design a bag online.

Colette McNamara, from Murroe,  County Limerick, saw the competition on a Limerick blog and decided at the last minute to enter.

 
Health Briefs
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

Hormones link to male heart disease.

 

A TEAM of UK researchers have claimed that naturally occurring male hormones are part of the reason why men are more prone to the condition, heart disease.

 

 
Sweet Rockets in flight.
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

HAVE you noticed the wonderful displays of Sweet Rockets that sprang up along roadsides and within derelict sites during the summer?

Just so you know what I am talking about, this is the plant with spikes of single flowers in shades of white, pink, purple and blue, which bloom wildly throughout the countryside from the end of May until early July

 
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