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Dromard GAA goes smoke free

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Dromard GAA goes smoke free

Dromard GAA Club in Longford is the first club in the county to go completely smoke free. Michael Reilly, Club Chairman was recently presented with the Smoke Free policy statement in the clubhouse by joint Health & Wellbeing Officer ...

09 Apr 2017 at 12:00

Dromard among the first official GAA Healthy Clubs to receive national recognition

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Dromard among the first official GAA Healthy Clubs to receive national recognition

Dromard is among twenty Leinster GAA clubs that can now proudly fly a flag above their grounds (endorsed by both Healthy Ireland and the Public Health Agency in NI), letting their members and communities know that they value health and wellbeing as ...

07 Nov 2017 at 18:37

Dromard GFC to become 'smoke free' club

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Dromard GFC to become 'smoke free' club

Dromard GFC are set to embark on a new health conscious drive by becoming the first 'smoke free' club in the county. In conjunction with a Healthy Clubs initiative, officials have decided to turn the club's grounds into a completely non smoking ...

14 Mar 2017 at 11:00

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Ardagh

Healthy Events 2013: We brought our Healthy Events 2013 Campaign to this year’s field day with the focus on Sun Safety and avoiding substance use/misuse. We continued our display in the registration area of all the health promotion literature ...

29 Apr 2013 at 11:45

Asthma Society’s advice on #Covid19 to the 3,003 people in Longford living with asthma

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Asthma Society’s advice on #Covid19 to the 3,003 people in Longford living with asthma

The Asthma Society of Ireland is advising people with asthma to be extra vigilant in their asthma management and follow the advice set out by the HSE, amidst growing coronavirus concerns. Sarah O’Connor, CEO of the Asthma Society, said: “We ...

14 Mar 2020 at 15:56

Catherine Fulvio’s seven secrets for Longford households to stop festive food waste

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Catherine Fulvio’s seven secrets for Longford households to stop festive food waste

This Christmas reduce your food waste with Catherine Fulvio’s Seven Secrets to Stop Festive Food Waste. Shockingly we will throw out millions of euros worth of food over Christmas Week.  Longford County Council and eight other local ...

23 Dec 2020 at 00:19

Attic House Teen Project, Longford call for local support ahead of X-HALE Youth Awards

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Attic House Teen Project, Longford call for local support ahead of X-HALE Youth Awards

The group has submitted its film that encourages young people to be “smoke free” into the 2017 X-HALE Short Film Competition. They are calling on people to view their film online so they can be in the running to win one of the top ...

13 Jun 2017 at 23:00

Longford’s budding Spielbergs sought for Irish Cancer Society’s X-HALE short film competition

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Longford’s budding Spielbergs sought for Irish Cancer Society’s X-HALE short film competition

This is an exciting opportunity for budding Longford filmmakers aged 10-24, to help spread the word about the impact of smoking and encourage their friends, family and community to be smoke free. Through X-HALE, the Society ...

02 Feb 2018 at 11:00

Longford GAA club get behind #JustPlayFootball Healthy Club campaign

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Longford GAA club get behind #JustPlayFootball Healthy Club campaign

James received his award from Footballer of the Year, Dublin’s Brian Fenton, at the Healthy Club National Conference in Croke Park. ALSO READ: WATCH | Longford GAA club Killoe Emmet Óg launches #JustPlayFootball Healthy ...

15 Nov 2018 at 15:00

Interiors: 40 Shades of Green for St Patrick's Day

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Interiors: 40 Shades of Green for St Patrick's Day

With St Patrick’s Day fast approaching, I thought it would be nice to showcase some beautiful inspiring interiors which have one thing in common…the colour ‘Green’. As many of us have walked the country roads during ...

13 Mar 2021 at 22:14

Man who held up five in Longford school robbery to be sentenced

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Man who held up five in Longford school robbery to be sentenced

A man who held five members of the board of management at a Longford town primary school hostage and committed an armed robbery has told the court of his addiction issues which he said began at the age of 12. James ...

04 Mar 2021 at 10:00

Healthy Living: The gut does far more than digest food

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Healthy Living: The gut does far more than digest food

There is a lot of information out there around gut health at the moment and until recent years you may have been led to believe that the chief function of the gut is to digest food. Well let me tell you there is ...

07 Jun 2020 at 16:30

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