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This year, I’m determined to fix my posture for good. In my search for improvement, one method appeared again and again — the Alexander Technique. Thanks to the Alexander Technique, I understand the true meaning of good posture. It’s not about being poker straight — it’s about simple check-ins that release tension, add comfort, and, in turn, improve posture. Good posture is not about being poker straight — it’s about releasing tension and adding comfort

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Some 460,300 foreign visitors completed a trip to Ireland in November, which was an increase of 13 per cent when compared with the same month in 2024 and up 3 per cent compared with November 2023, data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows. The average length of stay for foreign resident overnight visitors was 6.1 nights in November, down from 6.2 nights in November 2024 and down from 6.9 nights in November 2023. About 5.3 per cent used rented or self-catering, while 2.2 per cent of the visitors used guest house or bed and breakfast accommodation. They spent €347 million on their trips, excluding fares, up 10 per cent when compared with November 2024, and a rise of 4 per cent compared with November 2023. Foreign visitors who departed Ireland on overseas routes in November spent a total of €347.1 million, excluding fares, on their trips, which was an increase of 9.9 per cent compared with November 2024.

In the frantic build-up to Christmas, it may have gone unnoticed to many as new business owner Yee Thin Chong turned on the lights, opened the doors and fired up the coffee machine on her new startup. However, the festive season provided the ideal opportunity to find her feet and ‘soft launch’ a venture that’s been a bit of a dream for her for some time now.

In mimicking this natural hormone, GLP-1 drugs increase feelings of fullness and satiety, reduce ‘food noise’, and help regulate appetite. Photograph: Moya NolanWhen these hormones are combined, high percentages of weight loss are achieved, with “22.5% average weight loss at about 16 months”, says Alexander Miras, professor of endocrinology at Ulster University. He adds that in clinical trials, Mounjaro was the first in the GLP-1 class of drugs to break the 20% weight-loss barrier. While this may mean some people can avoid surgery, he doesn’t foresee weight-loss drugs replacing bariatric surgery in the next 15 years. What’s emerging is that these drugs have weight-loss-dependent effects, and weight-loss independent effects, Miras says, “and we are investigating both”.

I have been assigned a task by Feelgood: For two weeks, I must adopt some micro habits and track how they change my life. Jonathan deBurca Butler, who is adopting small new healthy habits for the new year at his home in Kimmage, Dublin. Kristina Shea is an organisational psychologist and, when it comes to micro habits, she’s something of an expert. The same paper also explains why anchoring micro habits to existing routines works effectively. Now, I find myself looking to incorporate micro habits into everything I do.

It’s no mean feat to give a politician an inferiority complex but that’s just one of the things the entrants in the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (YSTE) are good at. “I’m coming here for over 20 years and they keep getting better and more impressive,” he said of the entries. I was completely wrong.”His company, Stripe, which sponsors the YSTE, also funds Arc, a non-profit research support organisation that is backing scientists working to solve tricky problems, many of them in the health field. Covering everything from traffic congestion to plants on the pill, the Young Scientist Exhibition offers a world of solutions to everyday issues. The winners from the Jordan and Kenyan contests received a trip to Ireland to take part in the YSTE.

French police confirmed the journalist had fallen from a window - but said an investigation has been opened to establish the exact circumstances of his death. Mr Safronov worked for Open Media, an outlet founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, until the end of 2024. He fled Russia in 2021, after Open Media was designated a "foreign agent" by Russian authorities - a label widely criticised as a tool used to silence independent journalism. According to Le Figaro, investigators found a chair next to the window inside the flat and a stash of medication in the bin. Article continues belowPolice sources told the newspaper that letters written in Russian were also discovered at the scene.

Social media platform X is “breaking the law” by facilitating the generation of explicit images of women and child sexual abuse images (CSAM), AI minister Niamh Smyth has said. Ms Smyth said it is “deeply worrying” that explicit images have been shared on X, while also criticising the social media firm for allowing their generation through its AI chatbot Grok. It is its AI chatbot creating this imagery and facilitating these shocking, outrageous images to be created in the first place. I’m not a legal mind, but in my mind because they are facilitating, it would be breaking the law. The junior minister urged people impacted by sexually explicit images generated through Grok to report to the Gardaí, Coimisiún na Meán and the Irish Internet Hotline.

Nudification tools — AI functions that remove clothing from images or fabricate nudity — are not benign orhypothetical curiosities. The issue cuts to the heart of how AI is regulated, and why regulation can no longer be an afterthought. The technology will not pause for us to catch up — but our lawmakers, educators, and society must not be left behind. A National Security Strategy is not some abstract exercise in government bureaucracy. Suzanne Harrington, writing in the Irish Examiner’s Feelgood today, outlines the importance of finding time for rest in today’s busy world.

Until recently, opponents of the deal had harboured some hope of assembling a blocking minority under EU rules. Against that backdrop, it appeared earlier this week that the Irish Government might also soften its stance. Suggestions that the Government might fall over the issue were exaggerated, but the episode underlines how this administration ignores sentiment in rural Ireland at its peril. It will offer Mercosur countries improved access to the EU market for agricultural exports, giving European consumers greater choice and, potentially, lower prices. Critics also warn of uneven gains, with large agribusinesses and multinationals benefiting at the expense of smaller farmers and workers.

People in Ireland continue to want to build connections, to collaborate, and to take collective action for a more just world. Solidarity in Ireland is expressed not only through volunteering abroad, but also through collective action at home. The United Nations has designated 2026 as the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development (IVY 2026). Let 2026 be a year where organisations recommit to values-led approaches to their work. We are framing IVY 2026 as ‘Solidarity in Action’ because solidarity is not a slogan; it is something we do.

ANY signs of wear and tear are minimal at No 18 Coopers Grange thanks to a careful female owner who divided her time between Ballincollig and East Cork, where her then beau, now husband, is from. Presentation is excellent, from the cobble-lock driveway with tasteful peripheral planting (and parking for up to four cars) to the pristine, brightly lit interior. The upshot of such a robust energy rating is greater comfort, increased re-sale value, future proof benefits, and lower heating bills. Norma Healy, of Sherry FitzGerald, is selling No 18 Coopers Grange, and she says it’s an “exceptionally well-presented three-bed semi”. Moreover its proximity to Bishopstown, Cork University Hospital, MTU, UCC, and Cork City further enhances its appeal," the agent says.

"A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone has been declared around the premises. It comes after bird flu was confirmed at two other farms near Newark-on-Trent on December 26 and December 30. Both cases also triggered 3km protection zones and 10km surveillance zones, with all poultry on the farms culled. As the name suggests, HPAI is the severe form of bird flu, causing high death rates in birds. The NHS says humans can catch bird flu by coming into close contact with an infected bird or by touching the faeces of an infected bird or a bird that has died from the disease.