Parkinson’s brain boost

She told “We need more education about the stigma of suicide and to acknowledge how harsh the church was historically.

“Bishop Monahan said fair play for the work you’re doing and he really supported it. He spoke to me about the stigma of suicide in the church.”

Sheila, of Newmarketon-Fergus, said: “I am a farmer’s daughter and I know there isn’t enough talking between the farmers.”

Reps from West Clare Mental Health Association and the Haven Hub will be at the event, which will raise funds for Clare mental health charities.

PEOPLE living with Parkinson’s disease can work their brains harder to keep them motivated, according to new research.

The University of Dundee team, using

MRI scanners to study patients with Parkinson’s performing specific tasks, found that they can create a “back channel” within their brain.

This enabled them to effectively reprogram it and use that to prevent them from becoming apathetic — one of the illness’s first symptoms.

A FORMER member of the Defence Forces has appeared before a military court on charges of sexually assaulting two colleagues on a military base and simulating a sexual act in front of another.

The accused pleaded not guilty to a total of eight charges at a court martial in the Military Justice Centre at McKee Barracks in Dublin including three charges of sexual assault on two soldiers and three separate charges of assault on the same individuals.

All the offences are alleged to have taken place between 2am and 5.30am on November 13, 2021 at a time when the accused had been the victim of an alleged assault following a drunken row with a friend.

The name of the former NCO on trial and any military personnel involved as well as the location of the military base cannot be published as a result of extensive reporting restrictions imposed by the military judge, Colonel Michael Campion, on foot of an application by legal representatives of the