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Health news SGTEATRATHEAD Take care

Good news May is skin cancer awareness
for anyone month. With over 11,000
who suffers new cases diagnosed in 2015
with head alone, the National Cancer
discomfort. Registry of Ireland expects
Bio-Kult Migréa this number to have doubled
has been by 2040. When out and about
scientifically in the sun, it’s essential to use
developed to skincare products that provide
aid the digestive protection against UVA and
tract and help UVB rays. Casamra Urban
with brain Protect Daily Defence Cream
functionality. (€32) protects skin with broad-
Containing 14 spectrum solar filters SPF 30. It also helps to stimulate the
strains of live bacteria that help to production of collagen and elastin and fights the signs of fatigue
promote good gut health and overall and tiredness. It’s important to know that using sunscreen
wellbeing. The supplement also alone will not give enough protection against UV rays.
contains magnesium and vitamin B6, The Casamra range is available from www.edenbeautygroup.com
which both contribute to the normal and from select stockists nationwide
functioning of the nervous system and
YOUR the reduction of tiredness and fatigue. PROTECT Skin saviour
WEEKLY YOURSELF:
ROUND-UP €20.95/60 tablets, available in leading T he SunSmart Code If you have dry, sensitive
OF ALL Irish pharmacies and healthfood stores skin listen up – this
THINGS When it comes to skin could be your new skin
HEALTHY RDAuTnE FwOiRthYROUaRyDIARY cancer, early detection is saviour. CeraVe Facial
absolutely key. If spotted Moisturising Lotion
During the month of June, RTÉ Radio early, up to 90 per cent of contains ceramides,
1’s The Ray D’Arcy Show will be running cases can be curable. For hyaluronic acid, glycerine
a new campaign ‘Run with Ray’. The this reason, it is essential and other super soothing
campaign seeks to encourage people in that you get to know your ingredients, which all
their communities to get out and get active. skin. Check it regularly for help to restore your skin’s
Starting on June 10, over the course of any changes and contact natural barrier. Skin is
five days, Ray will be broadcasting from your GP immediately if left feeling hydrated,
Ballincollig in Cork, Limerick City, New Ross you’re worried. You can plumped up and healthy.
in Wexford, Kilcock in Kildare and St Anne’s also stay safe in the sun by It also contains SPF 25
Park in Dublin from 3-4.30pm. Once off the following the SunSmart which offers protection
air, Ray will then join the starting line with Code: from photo-ageing too.
a host of runners in each community as they It’s easy to apply, great
go for a run. Over the next six weeks on The 1. Slip on some clothes for dry skin and sinks
Ray D’Arcy Show, Ray will be speaking to in leaving zero greasy
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to run 5K with Ray. Ray will also be hosting around.
a special weekly 3. Slap on a hat €14, available from
running podcast pharmacies nationwide
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you get well on
your way to 5K. 5. Slide on sunglasses
If you’d like to
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with Ray, log SunSmart Code log on to
on to www.rte. www.cancer.ie
ie/ray

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HEALTH NEWS

Stay hot on eye health
this summer By Liz Connor

During the summer, our eyes protecting your eyes is by WHY DON’T YOU…
are especially vulnerable having regular eye tests
to harmful UV light, but at the optician. These Take a rescue breath
according to research, up will highlight any sight
to 20 million people may problems or damage, Conscious breathing is one of the easiest ways to control your
be putting their eye health such as cataracts, macular stress levels. The next time you’re feeling wound up, try sitting
at risk by not checking degeneration or skin down. Breath in through your nose, and out of your mouth,
the UV rating when they cancer around the eye making a ‘haah’ sound as you exhale. Repeat this three times.
buy sunglasses on the high area, and can determine Then breathe in for a count of five through your nose and out
street. As studies also reveal other health issues, such as for a count of six. Imagine that you’re inhaling all the way down
that five to 10 per cent of high cholesterol and even into your belly. Allow your belly to push out as you breathe.
all skin cancers are found diabetes.” Repeat for a few minutes until you notice a lovely feeling of calm
on the eyelid, keeping your arrive. When you feel ready, take a moment and then return to
eyes protected has never 3. Wear sunglasses, even your day. Repeat as often as needed on stressful days.
been more important. when it’s cloudy
Dan McGhee, director of Skip to it Misinformation
professional services at “Make sure you wear
Vision Express, gives us his sunglasses while outdoors Researchers from two New research presented
top tips for getting your eyes at all times, even if your universities in North at the European Congress
summer-ready. eyes feel fine, as some of Caroline have found that on Obesity in Glasgow has
the effects of too much light skipping is better for you found that when it comes
1. Start wearing the right can be delayed, just as in than running. Researchers to weightloss tips, it might
sunglasses from a young sunburn. Prolonged sun at East Carolina University be time to step away from
age exposure has been directly and Appalachian State following influencers and
linked to cataract formation University worked with bloggers. The study found
“Up to 80 per cent of a and pterygium (a pinkish, 30 health adults for this that just one out of nine of
person’s lifetime exposure triangular tissue growth on study. Each participants the most popular health and
to UV will occur before the the cornea of the eye) and took part in a training weightloss bloggers in the
age of 18m according to a are seen more commonly programme that involved UK was sharing evidence-
study by the World Heath on people who spend a lot skipping for longer based advice. Researchers
Organisation, and with UVA of time outdoors and in hot distances while on a looked at the influencer’s
sun rays causing premature climates). treadmill. Researchers content and analysed it
ageing and age-related then took measurements against credibility factors
illnesses, it is important to 4. Consider polarised of energy expenditure and such as bias, adherence to
protect your eyes from an shades gait. The study found that proper nutritional criteria,
early age. Young people’s skipping was healthier for transparency and more.
eyes are more sensitive to UV “Polarised lenses offer the the joints than running Again, out of the nine
absorption and under-12s best protection from the sun, and also offers people a influencers included in
are particularly susceptible, blocking indirect glare and greater calorie burn. In the study, only one was
because the clear lenses reducing the need to squint, fact, the study found that able to pass the test. The
in their eyes are not yet which can cause muscle skippers burned 30 per research reinforces the
properly formed.” fatigue, headaches and eye cent more calories than idea that people need to be
strain. No longer just a sports runners on more aware of the health
2. Have regular eye essential, coloured lenses are average. and fitness content they
examinations now a big fashion win with consume and ensure that
celebs – so you won’t look they’re getting proper,
“The best way to start out of place on the beach.” credible information.

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HEALTH

PLANNING Tomás with his desperately needs.
parents Shane Ann-Marie tells us that
and Ann-Marie
Tomás arrived into the world
FOR TOMORROW in 2010 at just 26-weeks-old.
A twin, very sadly, Tomás’
Tomorrow any use of his limbs. He cannot unable to pick up objects or brother Sean, passed away just By Amy Wall
for Tomás is a sit up without any support. move himself. I ask Ann-Marie 30 days after their birth due
trust created to He’d have a harness on his if she feels there needs to be to complications as a result of
raise essential chair to keep his chest up and more awareness around the prematurity. Tomás then spent
funds for a a pelvic, like an attachment, to impact that a lack of funding a total of 105 days in Dublin
very special keep his pelvis in and then his can have for families that don’t between the Coombe Hospital
boy from Co feet would be strapped in. He meet the thresholds put in and Crumlin Children’s
Galway has no independent movement. place by the Government. Hospital.
All the daily tasks of life, he
Tomás Mc Loughlin is nine- would not be able to do, so like “Absolutely. There was a “We fought hard to have him
years-old and lives in Co even pick up a fork or brushing recent article, I’m not sure here and honestly we’re still
Galway with mum Ann- his teeth and things like that.” of the figures, but all of these fighting for different things.
Marie, dad Shane and siblings carers in Ireland, we’re actually Both Shane and I are working,
Matthew, Luke and sister Anna. Despite living with such a saving the Government so we aren’t falling into any
An incredibly bright young profound physical disability millions because we’re caring category of grants because
man, Tomás lives with spastic and requiring multi- for the most vulnerable of our they’re means tested and we’ve
quadriplegic cerebral palsy. disciplinary medical care on an society – children with special been refused them, so that’s
The most severe of the three on-going basis, Tomás receives needs right up to adulthood,” why we set up the trust to do
types of spastic cerebral palsy, very little, if any, funding from she says. our house,” says Ann-Marie.
this means Tomás is wheelchair relevant bodies and does not
bound and dependent on his qualify for respite. “I think the Government need The family has a number of
parents’ assistance. to realise all that families are events taking place throughout
“Tomás doesn’t have an doing with little or no funding. the year and is hoping to raise
“Tomás is nine. He’s a intellectual disability and for There needs to be more support about €100,000.
cognitively bright little fella, the last six years I’ve written there for all these carers, all of
he’s full of life. He has a big letters and I’ve asked for a these parents of children with This will help to adapt the
personality. He draws people [respite] package for maybe special needs and for their family home to Tomás’ needs,
in and he’s very interested in once or twice a month… families.” giving him safe and easy access
others,” says Ann-Marie. because the main thing would to the house and garden, an
be Tomás cannot sleep. He As Tomás gets older, he needs accessible washroom and toilet,
“He goes to mainstream rarely sleeps a full night if I’m more equipment so his parents accessible furniture for meal
school and he’s in second class. honest. He cannot turn from can continue to care for him. times and adapted doors for his
His diagnosis would be spastic side to side, so we would go in Unfortunately, due to a lack of wheelchair.
quadriplegic cerebral palsy. and out and have to reposition financial support, his family
Basically, he’s confined to a him,” says Ann-Marie. is unable to make essential One of the events taking
wheelchair. He wouldn’t have changes to the family home, place is the ‘Croker to Corofin’
Tomás needs assistance such as installing a wet room fundraising cycle on August 4.
with every part of daily life for their son and getting new The cycle will be 213km long
from eating and drinking, to equipment so they can safely and cyclists can take part as an
using the bathroom, sleeping lift him. Ann-Marie and Shane individual or as a team of four.
and more. When not in set up a trust called ‘Tomorrow All funds raise will go towards
his wheelchair, he needs for Tomás’ in order to raise helping Tomás and his family.
assistance sitting up and is the funds that their son so
Ann-Marie says that her
main hope for Tomás for the
future is that he has a home
where he can live comfortably
and secondly, that he is happy.

“He is very happy, but he’s
going to go into his adult years.
His own dreams and hopes are
that he will be a DJ with his
local radio station and he also
wants to follow in the footsteps
of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh…
he has his eyes set on the RTÉ
broadcasting box up in Croke
Park.” WW

For more information on Tomás
and upcoming fundraising
events, log on to www.
tomorrowfortomas.com

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FOOD

suSimple ers “Made with
seasonal
Inspiration from Nigel Slater
for easy midweek makes produce these
are simply
delicious”

Aubergine, honey, Burrata, broccoli, lentils Peas, pappardella,
sheep’s cheese parmesan
Serves 2
Serves 2 Serves 2
You will need
You will need 80g small green or brown lentils You will need
400g aubergines, small, slim 6 Olive oil 600ml vegetable stock
1 tbsp sea salt Broccoli, a medium-sized head 300g peas (podded weight)
5 tbsp plain flour 2 cloves of garlic 300g pappardelle
3 tbsp lemon thyme leaves 30g butter 25g Parmesan, grated
Oil for frying A red chilli, medium 200g fresh young sheep’s or goat’s cheese
200g sheep or goats’ cheese 2 balls burrata
2 tbsp honey
Method Method
Method
› Cook the lentils in deep, lightly salted › Put the vegetable stock on to boil (you
› Cut the aubergines lengthways into 1cm-
boiling water for about 20 minutes till
thick slices. Put them in a colander and
sprinkle the salt over them, then leave for tender but toothsome. Drain them, toss can use water at a push). Keeping a
at least half an hour. Put the plain flour on
a plate and season it with salt and ground in a splash of olive oil and set aside. Slice handful of raw peas to one side, cook the

›blFacinkeplyepcpheorp. the lemon thyme leaves and the green florets from the top of the rest in the boiling stock for five to seven

stir into the flour. Pat the aubergines dry, broccoli. Shave any tough bits from the m› Winuhtielsst,tdheeppeenadsincogookn, their size.
then, one by one, put them in the seasoned boil the
flour and press them down firmly so the stalks with a vegetable peeler, then cut
flour sticks to the outside. en turn and
lightly coat the other side. Repeat with all the largest into small pieces. Leave any pappardelle for seven to eight minutes

o›fWthaermslicaesshoafllaouwbelargyienreo.f olive oil in a ›smBarlilnognaepsawnhooflwe.ater to the boil and add in generously salted water. Put the

frying pan, then lower in the aubergine peas and 150ml of their cooking liquor
slices in a single layer (you may need to
do this in batches), and let them cook for the broccoli stalks. Let them cook for a into a blender and process till smooth,
three to four minutes until golden. Turn
carefully, adding more oil if necessary, couple of minutes, then remove, drain introducing more stock as necessary to
and brown the other side. ey should be
and set aside. Peel and finely slice the produce a thin, brightly flavoured sauce.
l›igRhetmlyocvreistph.e aubergines from the pan and
garlic cloves, then fry in the butter in Drain the pasta and return to the pan,
drain briefly on kitchen paper. Transfer
to a warm serving dish. Break the cheese a shallow pan till deep gold, crisp and pour in the pea sauce, scatter over the
into large pieces and scatter among the
aubergines. Trickle the honey across the ›fraRgermanovt.e them from the pan and drain P›aCrhmeecskatnhaensdeafosoldniinn.g. Divide between
surface and serve while still hot.
on kitchen paper. Finely chop and fry two deep plates. Break the sheep’s cheese

the chilli in the garlic pan, adding a little into large pieces,

more butter or oil if necessary, then, as scatter over the pasta

soon as it is soft, add the broccoli florets. with the reserved raw
peas and serve. WW
Cook for a couple of minutes till tender,

then add the cooked stalks and continue

›coDorkainingtfhoer a further two minutes till hot. Extracted from Greenfeast
cheese, put one burrata on spring/summer by Nigel
Slater (HarperCollins,
each plate, then spoon over the sizzling €32.90) which is out now

broccoli and lentils. Scatter the crisp

garlic over the top and serve.

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Diabetes Chicken Tagliata
friendly meals
Eat well with no compromise on taste Serves 4 Time 30 minutes Level Easy
Per serving 292kcal
Extracted from The Diabetes
Weight-Loss Cookbook by Katie You will need
and Giancarlo Caldesi (Kyle 4 boneless chicken breasts, skinned
Books, €20) which is out now. 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Photography by Susan Bell. 200g rocket leaves or watercress
56 WOMANSWAY.IE 25g Parmesan or Grana Padano, in
shavings
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the dressing
20cm sprig of rosemary (leaves picked)
½ fresh red chilli (according to taste)
1 small garlic clove
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Method

› Preheat the grill to high. Prepare

the dressing by finely chopping the
rosemary, chilli and garlic together
on a board with some salt and a
good twist of pepper. Mix in a small
bowl with the oil and vinegar. Set
aside.

› Open out the chicken breasts by

cutting them three-quarters of the
way through with a sharp knife
along one long side. Butterfly them
by opening them out like wings and
flatten under a piece of clingfilm
with a meat tenderizer or base of
a small pan. The chicken should
be an even thickness to ensure the
same cooking time all over.

› Season the chicken breasts and

rub a little oil over each one. Grill
the breasts until they are cooked
through – this will take about four
minutes each side if the breasts
are 2cm/¾in thick. If you have a
meat thermometer, check that the
chicken is 80˚C (176˚F) inside, or
cut into the deepest part with a
sharp knife to check that the juices
run clear and are not pink. The
chicken is also delicious barbecued.

› Arrange the rocket leaves and

Parmesan shavings on a plate or
large wooden chopping board.
When the chicken is cooked, slice
it into strips and transfer to the
serving plate. Drizzle the dressing
over and serve straight away.

RECIPES

fish and lay the fillets down evaporated, pour in the
onto the sauce. Pour the
remaining sauce over the top wine. Reduce for five
and bake for 15–20 minutes
or until the fish is opaque all minutes before adding the “This has all
the way through and breaks the traditional
apart easily. Serve scattered tomatoes. Add 100ml water
with the remaining parsley. flavours of
to the can, swirl it round Greek moussaka
Aubergine
and add this, too. Continue without the
“Little Shoes” frying and faff
to cook over a low heat for of making the
Serves 6 Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Level Easy 1 hour, stirring frequently. layers”
Per serving 468kcal
Greek Taste and add more Katie and
baked fish You will need Giancarlo say:
4 aubergines, halved lengthways › seasoning if necessary.
with tomato sauce 7 tbsp extra virgin olive oil When the aubergines are “This has all the traditional
and onions 1 medium onion, finely chopped flavours of Greek moussaka
3 garlic cloves, lightly crushed soft, remove them from the without the frying and
Serves 4 Time 60 mins 500g minced lamb faff of making the layers.
Level Easy 1 tsp ground cinnamon oven and push the centres Halved and roasted
Per serving 241kcal 1 tsp dried oregano aubergines are used to
125ml red wine down with a metal spoon to hold the spicy lamb and
You will need 1 x 400g can of plum tomatoes cheese topping, called
4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground black create cavities to stuff with “little shoes”. To make the
3 white onions, finely sliced in half pepper filling into an Italian lamb
and then from root to tip the lamb. Reduce the oven ragù rather than Greek
1 medium leek, finely sliced For the topping moussaka, leave out the
3 garlic cloves, lightly crushed 50g Parmesan, finely grated temperature to 200˚C/Fan cinnamon and oregano.”
2 tsp salt 2 large eggs
100ml dry white wine 175ml full-fat Greek yoghurt 180˚C/Gas Mark 6. Spoon off WOMANSWAY.IE 57
2 x 400g cans of whole plum ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
tomatoes any excess oil from the lamb.
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp dried oregano Fill the aubergine “shoes”
25g parsley, leaves roughly chopped
and stalks finely chopped with the lamb mixture,
600g halibut or similar white fish
fillets, skinned dividing it equally between
Freshly ground black pepper
› them. the ingredients
Mix together

for the topping so that it is

well blended. Season with

salt and pepper and pour

it on top of the aubergines.

Bake for 20–25 minutes or

until the cheese topping is
golden brown. WW

Method Method

› Heat the oil in a heavy-based › Preheat the oven to 220˚C/

frying pan. Add the onions, Fan 200˚C/Gas Mark 7. Make

leek, garlic, salt and a good diagonal shallow cuts in the

pinch of pepper and fry surface of each aubergine

over a medium heat for 15 half and lay them onto a

minutes, or until the onions baking tray. Brush with half

› and leek have softened. the oil and season with salt
Add the wine and allow
it and pepper. Bake for 35– 40

to reduce for two minutes minutes, or until the flesh is

over a high heat. Add the cooked through and lightly

tomatoes, cinnamon, › browned.
Meanwhile,
oregano and most of the heat the

parsley (reserving one remaining oil in a pan and

tablespoon of the leaves for soften the onion and garlic

the end), stir through and over a medium heat for 7–10

bring to the boil. Reduce the minutes. Add the minced

heat to low and simmer for 15 lamb and break it up with a

› minutes. wooden spoon as it browns.
Meanwhile,
preheat the Add the cinnamon and

oven to 200˚C/Fan 180˚C/ › oregano.
When the
Gas Mark 6. Spoon a third of lamb has browned

the tomato sauce into a large all over and most of the

ovenproof dish. Season the water from the meat has

Create a calming
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This summer, make the garden your
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CONSIDER THE SPACE YOU HAVE Hanging basket Bistro table and chairs set €96
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available floor space, making window €24.99 from
boxes and hanging baskets a great option Littlewoods Ireland
when designing a tranquil environment
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Small tray table Terracotta vase €46 KEEP IT NATURAL AND EARTHY SET UP A SEATING AREA
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Lewis and Partners If you are adding furniture to Last but not least, make sure
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which allow for a more natural benefits of gardening is being
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Terracotta or stone are also good when the sun is shining. It’s
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Allibert California Outdoor rug CREATE A SPACE
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ENCOURAGE WILDLIFE Bird house €9.99 from method of creating a sense
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chemical-based insect repellent. Is that you could add to this
there anything nicer than listening area to encourage you to stay
to the sounds of chirping birds while outdoors for longer, to read
enjoying a morning coffee? a book or simply listen to
sounds of nature.
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GARDEN WITH FRIENDS Wooden bike shed €277 (approx.) INTERIORS
from Cuckooland.com
Janssen, in partnership with Aware and
AND FAMILY See Change, will present a mental health
garden named ‘Grounded’ which was
Gardening can be a very rewarding designed by landscape architect Maeve
O’Neill, in collaboration with people living
communal experience. Invite friends with or a ected by mental illness, at
Bloom 2019. For more information and
or family around to help out in the tickets see www.bloominthepark.com

garden and feel the benefit that a 5 OF THE BEST… SERVING BOWLS

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Travel newsTAAHKIEKE Got the time? Make some
space
The ‘hike and heritage’ package from Swatch have released
Cahernane House Hotel in Killarney a special edition watch Aer Lingus has announced
is sure to appeal to anyone who loves for Ireland. The ‘You the launch of AerSpace,
exploring the great outdoors. On ok hun’ watch (€65) a new premium travel
this two-night stay you’ll enjoy a design is exclusive experience for short
drinks reception on arrival, a tour to Ireland and is a haul guests. AerSpace
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of bicycles. On your first evening, idea behind the watch destinations across the
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newly renovated Cellar Bar. The next greatest cities with Europe will receive a
day, you’ll receive a packed lunch Swatch. Dublin has host of perks such as
and walking maps so you can enjoy a now been included more room on flights,
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Dinner on your second evening will in the range like Paris, directly overhead, Fast
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in the autumn, but is
available to book now for
travel from September
1. Fares start from €129
each-way.
For more information log
on to www.aerlingus.com

SOS What is the ON THE BEACH
EHIC card?
According to new Claim your space on the
research from AA The European Health Insurance sand this summer with
Ireland, over one in four Card (EHIC) allows you to receive this colourful beach towel
Irish people have found healthcare in another EU or (€14.99 from Littlewoods
themselves in need of European Economic Area (EEA) Ireland). It’s so bright that
medical assistance while state for free or at a reduced it will be super easy to spot
if you’re enjoying a splash
abroad. The survey also cost. It has replaced the old E111 in the water. Plus nothing AMAZING
found that 3.82 per cent form and it’s completely free. says ‘summer holiday’ like a ALCUDIA
of the 4,000 people If you have a medical card or a flamingo!
surveyed had required at Drug Payment Scheme card you Enjoy seven nights
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one occasion. Speaking health office or via post. For more Mallorca, on a self-
about the survey results, information log on to www.hse.ie. catering basis from
€389pps. Flights
Conor Faughnan, AA depart from Dublin
airport on June 13.
Director of Consumer For details call 1850
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anything happen during a trip in Europe, for those travelling

further afield we would strongly recommend having travel

insurance in place to help avoid serious damage to your wallet

if you find yourself injured or ill.”
For more information log on to www.theaa.ie

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LOVELY HOME & AWAY
LISBON
Picnic time
Spend three nights at the Summer means one
three-star Alif Campo Pequeno
Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, on a thing and one
room only basis from €229pps.
Flights depart from Dublin airport thing only –

for travel in June. picnic season
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picnic game this year for all those

days out in the sun, then you

BAY WATCH need some great kit that’s easy

to transport. We love this picnic

basket from TK Maxx (€39.99).

Containing cutlery, plates and

loads of room for treats, it’s the

The Hotel Meyrick in Galway has partnered of champagne and half a dozen oysters ideal companion for those day trips
with the expert guides of Galway Bay Boat in the hotel’s Oyster Bar. This package
Tours to offer a fantastic summer escape. is available from €283 per room. Boat around the country. Did someone
With the ‘explore the bay’ package you can departure times are subject to availability
enjoy an overnight stay in Hotel Meyrick and weather conditions. Private tours are say Wild Atlantic Way?
with a 45-minute walking tour of Galway available on request.
and a 45-minute motorboat tour. On your For details call 091 564 041 or log on to CUBAN COOL
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Park is the ideal getaway. You can history and tradition, the building and that Cuba has to offer. Highlights
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two-night stay during May, House is set to become a full day catamaran cruise to the
June and September and one of the country’s islet of Cayo Blanco. But that’s not all
from €699 per room must desirable – you’ll enjoy a whistle-stop coach
for a three-night wedding and tour of Toronto, Canada, before you
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Kick back, soak up the sun and relax
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cool You can enjoy a seven-night stay
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Enjoy a seven night stay in Aparthotel in St Paul’s Bay on a bed
the four-star Maria Del Mar and breakfast basis from €459pps.
Hotel in Lloert De Mar, Costa Flights depart from Dublin airport on
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WOMANSWAY.IE 61

OPINION I said it:

T here,
When a relationship fell apart Sophie Tanner
decided to get married to herself

is image is important to “I realised In fact, whenever I’m single, my dog was the ringbearer.
me because it was the day that I was not I’m always met with this My mate dressed up as the
I married myself! I know maddening sympathy: ‘What’s pope and took me through my
that may sound strange but the loser in a lovely girl like you doing on vows in front of my family and
it really is one of the best this situation, your own?’ or ‘Don’t worry friends. I adapted the usual
memories of my life so far. I dear, the perfect person is just wedding vows from the plural
will never regret promising he was” around the corner.’ to the singular and they were
to face my disappointments, just as powerful. en I threw
accept my failures and realise that I was not the loser in this At that moment I decided my bouquet, invited everyone
my dreams in front of my situation, he was. I loved my it was time to cast aside the to join me in my first dance
family and friends. life; I loved my home, my shame and the self-doubt. It then we had a reception on the
friends, my family and, most was time to celebrate that I am beach and danced until dawn.
What led me to such an importantly, I loved myself – enough, just as I am. I wanted
off-the-wall decision? Well, and I always had. to redress the balance between Making a public
as I turned 30, I went through romantic love and self-love – commitment to be responsible
a pretty bad break up – my e realisation made we to show that learning to love for my own happiness meant
boyfriend left me for one want to jump up and dance yourself is just as important. so much to me and I often
of our friends. It wasn’t the around the room, to rejoice And what better way to find myself returning to those
first time I’d been cheated on in the knowledge that I celebrate love than with a promises whenever life is
but somehow this time it hit didn’t need ‘another half’ to wedding? Yes, that’s when I tough. In a felicitous turn of
me really badly. I went into complete me. Let’s face it, decided to marry myself! events, one of my lifelong
a bit of a downward spiral, society is kind of obsessed dreams, to write a book, has
full of bitterness, paranoia with romantic love, all the My self-wedding took now come true; I have written
and loneliness. When the films, books and songs are place in Brighton on May 18, a novel based loosely on my
person who knows you inside about it and, as soon as 2015. I had 15 bridesmaids, all own experience of self-love,
out rejects you and chooses you announce you are ‘in a wearing different colours and called Reader, I Married Me.
someone else, you can’t help relationship’, the whole world we danced through the streets
feeling that it must be your applauds you. to the tunes of Kendrick I am so grateful to have
fault, right? You can’t help Lamar’s I Love Myself. My dad been on this journey of self-
comparing yourself to the You certainly don’t get gave me away to myself and discovery, it’s taught me a lot
new person, wondering what the same reaction when about what it actually means
they’ve got that you haven’t. you decide to focus on your to love yourself. ere is more
You can’t help feeling that relationship with yourself. to self-care than just treating
you’re just not quite enough. yourself to a warm bath and
chocolate every now and then.
ankfully, a few months For me, kindness starts with
down the line, I woke up the self; if you can master self-
one morning as the sun compassion then you will find
was streaming through my you have more love than ever
window and looked around to give to others. WW
my bedroom and felt filled
with a strength that had been Reader, I Married
missing for so long. I was Me by Sophie
relieved to feel my natural Tanner (Orion,
sense of optimism and €19.99) is out now
positivity returning. I realised

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