Gold Medal for young Dubliner at Europe Africa Wakeboard Championships
David O’Caoimh (18) from Killiney, Dublin took the Gold Medal in the Junior Men division of the Europe Africa Wakeboard Championships at the weekend. The Championships attracted athletes from 16 Countries and were staged at the Vaal River, near Johannesburg, in South Africa. Wakeboarding, the most rapidly growing water sport in the world, has been [...]
Media Coverage of Sports Stars Struggling with Depression has Significantly Impacted Attitudes in Ireland
IRUPA and the PFAI Join the Lean on Me Campaign to Promote Positive Metal Health
According to research conducted by the Lean on Me campaign, recent media coverage of high profile sports stars coming forward and sharing their experiences of depression has had a significant impact on attitudes towards the illness in Ireland.
63% of participants in the [...]
iMuscle (NOVA Series) – iPad edition
iMuscle is the must have app for rehabilitation, sports enthusiasts and professional trainers alike. The app is ideal to custom design your workout and fitness regimes in the gym or at home. The iMuscle app features a fully rendered 3D model of the human body, which can be rotated 360 degrees from anterior to posterior, inclusive of lateral views.
This [...]
Cork City Marathon 2012 – It’s For Everyone!
Official half marathon, team relay and youth team relay makes the 2012 Cork City Marathon the most inclusive marathon yet!
Irish running legend and former Olympian, Catherina McKiernan, along with fitness expert, Karl Henry, from RTÉ’s Operation Transformation are calling on people everywhere to lace up their running shoes in preparation for the 2012 Cork [...]
Health Fears and Legal Time Limits for 1,500 Irish Women after faulty breast implants
It is believed that up to 1,500 Irish women who received defective breast implants may face alarming health risks. The defective implants were produced by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). Over 300,000 women worldwide received the PIP implants before the company ceased business in 2010.
The PIP [...]
Netwell Centre, Dundalk, Selected As A Centre of Ageing Research Excellence
The Netwell Centre at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) has been selected to join a worldwide group of centres of excellence into ageing research.
The Centre is one of only three Irish locations to be selected to join the Global Ageing Research Network, along with Aois agus Eolas (Tallaght Hospital and Trinity [...]
myQuitTime an iPhone app that helps smokers to quit
Do You Want Stained Fingers, or a Flat Screen TV?
Tell a smoker that they are going to die because of their addiction and they will reach for a cigarette; Tell them that they could afford a 42” flat screen TV in less than 2 months if they quit, and they might not.
Tús Nua Designs, a [...]
YorkTest launch the world’s first drink intolerance testing programme
Christmas is coming but it doesn’t have to result in a 2 day hangover post the office party! What if your hangover is actually a result of the sensible herbal tea you had after dinner and not the few glasses of wine you consumed over the night? Impossible? Perhaps not. Ever get a terrible headache [...]
Sports Pain Launches Revolutionary Next Generation Sports Tape
Last week Shamrock Rovers players Karl Sheppard, Ryan Thompson and Team physiotherapist Fearghal Karin joined Paul Drumm, Managing Director, Sports Pain to officially launch Sports Pain sports tape – K-Active Pre Cut Kinesiology Tape. The revolutionary tape aims to deliver the next generation in sports injury prevention into the Irish market and now athletes nationwide [...]
