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Following the success of Bois D'Orange Huile Sublime 100ml dry body oil last summer, Roger & Gallet launch a travel friendly 30ml bottle in time for summer available in selected pharmacies nationwide from July. Perfect when on holiday or away for the weekend, Roger & Gallet's Huile Sublime Bois d'Orange new 30ml dry oil can be used from head to toe. It moisturises and illuminates the skin and leaves hair with a soft subtle sheen, all in a handy travel size bottle.

Extremely versatile, this feather-light dry oil can be used on the face, body and hair. It delicately envelops the skin and hair in its heavenly summery scent of wooded and zesty notes. Using essential oils of Mediterranean citrus fruits - mandarin, orange and bitter orange, combining the fruity sweetness of orange blossom with the delicate notes of jasmine and

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Your fitness matters with Seamus Doyle NCEF FISAF FIA

Fig Rolls and the old Tramore train

On long training sessions there is a lot involved physically. There's also a lot involved mentally and there's a time when although close to the limit physically, mentally the mind is actually fully alert and active. I'm training for the Ironman triathlon in Regensburg, Germany on August 7th and the weekend training sessions are long - up to 8 hours. On this particular Saturday training session the body is moving for a long time. The mind is as well, and not always in the focus, strength, determination kind of way. It's more interesting when it moves in other directions and today it checks out fig rolls and the old Tramore train.

Fig Rolls

4 Jacobs fig rolls are consumed in Ireland every second. The amount of fig rolls

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By Bill Sones and Rich Sones, PhD

Q. A woodpecker has no knowledge of bioinspiration or biomimetics but some experts in these fields know the bird quite well. What do they know?

A. Woodpecker anatomy has inspired a new shock absorber for delicate electronics in plane crashes and bombings, say S. H. Yoon and S. Park in "American Scientist" magazine. Since the birds repeatedly drum their heads against hard surfaces without brain damage, engineers used x-ray scans of a golden-fronted woodpecker to model its shock-absorbing structures, including elastic beak and spongy skull. Then the researchers mimicked key parts of the bird's head with a cylinder made of metal, rubber and porous glass. Diodes and other delicate devices inside the cylinder survived more than 99% of test hits into a wall at a deceleration 60,000 times that of gravity. "Survival was only 74%

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The changing needs of the older pet (part 2)

As was discussed in last week's article, older pets are more likely to develop serious health problems, many of which can be prevented or improved by appropriate diet and exercise. Many problems experienced by older pets are often dismissed by owners as inevitable changes that occur in old age. If these problems are ignored and become more progressive, they may have become very serious by the time they are brought to a vet for treatment. This can render them very difficult or even impossible to treat.

Problems such as bad breath or loss of energy or appetite can be early signs of underlying disease processes which are best dealt with by early diagnosis. By taking note of changes in your pet's behaviour and bringing them to your vet's attention, regardless of how innocuous

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Aries: March 21 – April 20

Despite all the financial ups and downs of life, this still promises to be a slightly better time for you. However, you will still need to be careful about getting things you don't really want at knockdown prices at the sales. There is the possibility that someone who has been looking for work over the last few weeks will see some light at the end of their particular tunnel. You might need to be tolerant of the mistakes of a loved one.

Taurus: April 21 – May 21

Be prepared to push yourself a little harder to achieve your ends – hiding in the shadows gets you nowhere, especially where love is concerned. Al the stress and anxiety you have subjected yourself to over the past few months probably were not worth a hill of beans. You

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Corncrakes

The popular view that the decline of the Corncrake in Ireland and elsewhere is due to changes in farming methods is simplistic and unlikely to be true. It is true that some birds are affected by mowing machines in some areas and this fact is exploited by some conservation organisations to raise money to ‘Save the Corncrake'. However, several other facts are more pertinent and are largely relegated to a subordinate position to progress the agricultural myth. For instance, the decline of the Corncrake was first recorded in the 1800's when the tractor was not even invented. The decline continued into the twentieth century and was first documented in the 1940's by a man named Norris when very few tractors or mowing machines were in operation in Ireland and silage-making was unheard of at that time. Couple this with the

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Paul Flynn chef patron of The Tannery launched his new eight part TV series ‘Paul Flynn Irish Food', starting on Tuesday 28th June on RTE One at 7.00pm.

Celebrating the best of Irish recipes and native produce, acclaimed chef Paul Flynn helps reawaken our passion for home-grown food at its very best. 'Paul Flynn's Irish Food' is a nostalgic look back on growing up with food in Ireland. The TV show is based on An Irish Adventure with Food - part cookbook, part autobiography, which demonstrates Paul's commitment to simplicity, creating simple affordable food with humble ingredients. Using basic ingredients and traditional Irish recipes he embraces home cooking and gives it a modern twist.

In this brand new series Paul delves into his

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Free cholesterol testing coming to a town near you!

Are you concerned about high cholesterol? Do you know your number? This summer the Flora pro.activ Cholesterol Challenge is travelling around the country offering free cholesterol checks and expert advice on diet and lifestyle.

The Flora pro.activ nurses will be visiting a town near you over the coming months to carry out the cholesterol checks, which take just five minutes of your time, and will provide you with expert nutrition advice based on your results.

Flora pro.activ has teamed up with Supervalu and The Mooney Show on RTE Radio 1 to carry out the Cholesterol Challenge. A full schedule of testing dates, venues and live Mooney Show outside broadcasts are available at http://www.floraproactivcholesterolchallenge.ie .

It is widely recognised that high cholesterol levels can cause the arteries to narrow and therefore it is important

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50% of Lettuce we buy ends up in the bin! – FACT

With barbecues and salad days fast approaching Stop Food Waste reminds you that 50% of the lettuce we buy ends up in the bin. While a head of lettuce may seem cheap at around under €1 you can see how quickly this amount of waste can add up in euros over time. The STOP Food Waste programme is funded under the EPA National Waste Prevention Programme (NWPP). Waste Prevention is the preferred waste management option in Ireland.

Odile Le Bolloch, spokesperson for Stop Food Waste at the EPA, has the following advice for lettuce lovers in time for Midsummer's Day: "When you buy lettuce, make sure to take it out of its bag and wash it as soon as

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PJ Gallagher has become one of Ireland's best-loved comedians. He is a Vicar Street regular, where he kicked off his latest tour which arrives into the Theatre Royal on Sunday 31st July.

He has played sold out shows throughout Ireland and at the biggest and best comedy festivals that the country has to offer including Kilkenny Cat Laughs and The Carlsberg Comedy Carnival.

He has been an almost permanent fixture on Irish television since Naked Camera arrived to RTE in 2005 and since then he has gone on to make his own series Makin' Jake, in the USA.

PJ is onstage in the Theatre Royal at 8pm on Sunday 31st July and tickets are €20. Get them online at theatreroyal.ie or from the box office on 051 874402.

"For a man who ambushes

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The Tall Ships are docking as we write and Waterford's biggest weekend ever is about to arrive. It's time to Party with a capital P and the Forum's Tall Ships Festival Club will provide late night entertainment of the highest quality from this Thursday, 30th June, through to Saturday, 2nd July.

Just as it does every year for Spraoi weekend, the Forum will offer a brilliant mix of live music and DJs, featuring the best of the visiting international acts combined with great home-grown talent. The Forum's Tall Ship Festival Club kicks off in the Lounge on

Thursday with a Launch Party featuring everyone's favourite Waterford band, The Jam Tarts Orchestra. You all know how good these lads are and they will be a very pleasant surprise for any visitors catching them for the first time. Then on Friday the legendary Butterfly

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The music is gonna be hard & heavy at Forum Wateford on Saturday, 9th July, as Metallica tribute Metallitia team up with legendary South East classic rockers Purple Haze for "Monsters Of Rock", featuring full sets from both bands. Admission is €10 and this also includes entry to the Forum's late night Traffik Club. Doors on the night are at 9.30pm, with Purple Haze taking to the BIG stage at 10pm sharp. For those about to Rock . . . . . We salute you !!

METALLITIA

Since their formation in the summer of '99, Metallitia have continually brought Metallica's finest moments to an eager and hungry public. The band first got together to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the death of the late great bass monster Cliff Burton, and initially performed tracks from the first three albums only ("Kill ‘Em All",

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for the Tall Ships Race with the best entertainment line-up in Waterford!

From Killers to Pirates and Ceile to Christy, Harvey's Bar has the most eclectic mix of the best entertainment to be found in Waterford next weekend for the Tall Ships race.

On Friday night Killers tribute band, Kopy Kat Killers will rock the venue followed by resident DJ John O Connor and on Saturday from 5pm

Harveys Bar is set to break the world record for the most amount of pirates in one place with a monster Pirate Ceili in the garden with a barbeque and Christy Moore tribute Liam Byrne.

At 10.30pm the Knights of Leon will set temperatures soaring with Sex on Fire in Harveys and then The Waterford Music Festivals very own DJ Ahmed will play until close.

The weekend will be action packed of dancers, fire breathers great drink

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WINS BEST SHOW AWARD

Michael Collins – a musical Drama, written by Waterford born Bryan Flynn won the prestigious best production award at the AIMS National Musical theatre awards last weekend. The annual awards event was held at The INEC in Killarney and attended by over 1000 musical theatre enthusiasts and professionals from all over Ireland.

Michael Collins was written between 2004 and 2007 and it was first presented at the Theatre Royal Waterford in November 2007. It then transferred to Cork Opera House where it was revived on no less than three occasions. The show also travelled to Dublin in 2009 where it played to sell out houses at the Olympia Theatre. Many of the original cast members stayed with the show and performed in it over the course of four years. The reviews were fantastic, the Irish Examiner describing it

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Pascal is delighted to be back in Waterford for Jim Nolan's heart-warming comedy The Gods are Angry Miss Kerr, running in the Theatre Royal from Wednesday 13th to Saturday 16th and Wednesday 27th to Saturday 30th July at 8pm.

Waterford was the birthplace of his professional acting career when he performed in Red Kettle's The Three Be One Trilogy, which proved to be the launch pad for what has become an interesting and indeed exciting journey encompassing drama, television, film and radio.

Probably most recognisable for his portrayal of the rather dubious Sergeant Dick O'Toole in the hit RTE series Killinaskully, his TV and film work also includes Fair City, The Running Mate, Intermission, Last Chance Harvey, Mickeyboo and Me and Snap. Tickets for The Gods Are Angry Miss Kerr are only €15 each night with the dress rehearsal open to the

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