Colm McGuirk

1 week ago | everymum.ie | Colm McGuirk

One in five tanning salons is accepting minors in ‘flagrant breaches’ of the law, as cancer charities have warned that children as young as First Communion age are using sunbeds. It comes as new data obtained by the Irish Mail on Sunday points to a negligent attitude to customer health in the tanning industry, with one-third of formal salon inspections having been failed in the past two years.

1 week ago | extrag.ie | Colm McGuirk

Tá imní mhór in Éirinn faoi leanaí, fiú leanaí an-óg i salons, atá ag baint úsáide as leapacha gréine (sunbeds). Léirigh eolas nua, a foilsíodh le déanaí, go bhfuil salons súdaireachta fós ag ligean do dhaoine faoi 18 mbliana d’aois a gcuid seomraí a úsáid, cé go bhfuil sé sin in aghaidh an dlí. De réir na rialacha, tá sé mídhleathach leanaí a fhágáil faoi 18 mbliana d’aois leapacha gréine a úsáid.

1 week ago | evoke.ie | Colm McGuirk

The festival season is well and truly underway, but the days of thriving multi-day music events every weekend of summer are gone for now. While the big guns continue to perform well, smaller and independent festivals feel the brunt of the high cost of living, among a raft of other challenges. Beyond The Pale, which happened in Glendalough, in Co. Wicklow last weekend, had to rely on a last-minute cash injection from larger entertainment company Fuel HQ to happen at all.

1 week ago | extra.ie | Colm McGuirk

His world-class impressions have brought him face-to-face with global sporting icons such as Tiger Woods, José Mourinho and Max Verstappen. But the man behind Conor Sketches says he gets the most joy from channelling Mary Lou McDonald – and her constituency rival Gerry Hutch has also turned out to be a fan.

1 week ago | rollercoaster.ie | Colm McGuirk

And the Dublin ascetic Matt Talbot, whose devotion is being remembered as part of the new pledge, can offer a ‘powerful and authentic alternative’ to modern influencers, according to one of the bishops behind the initiative. Around 40,000 sixth-class pupils make their Confirmation across the island of Ireland each year, with many taking a pledge to abstain from alcohol until they turn 18 and from drugs for life.