Lifestyle

“Tolerance is like an invisible pain that gives me energy and hope. It makes me feel strong. I feel I’m strong-willed. Patience is also very important, it helps to ground me. Disability can cause a sense of hopelessness but I deal with it day by day. I need to and like to create my own positivity. Hope is very important too. There is always hope. If there is no hope there is no future. It’s the only way forward. There is an air of gentleness about hope. I exaggerate the hope I have in order to make life a little easier. I wasn’t disturbed by cerebral palsy, I could manage but with the onset of multiple sclerosis I became confined to a wheelchair full time and life became more difficult. I’m determined to remain hopeful.”

IF Bernie McGuire’s legs won’t co-operate with urgent messages tumbling towards them on Saturday week, memories of her late brother Patrick will inspire the Mullagh girl in her 13-mile trek around North Clare.

With the annual Daisy Days fundraiser for Aware taking place this weekend, Nicola Corless spoke to one person for whom the national depression support organisation was a lifeline

WITH just a few weeks to go, preparations are well underway for one of the biggest fashion events of 2010 – Fashion at the Castle in Dromoland Castle, on Wednesday, September 29. This year’s fashion show is truly a style event not to be missed, featuring the top names in the fashion arena, both local and further afield.

A COMPETITION to encourage start-up fashion designers has been launched by Ballinasloe October Fair and Festival.

Charles Stewart Parnell was president of the Land League, founded by Michael Davitt, to campaign for land reform in Ireland. One of their tactics was to ostracise anyone who opposed them. It was first used on an organised scale in Mayo. It proved so effective that not only was it copied but it gave a new word to the English language.

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On Saturday week, 78-year-old Pam O’Connell will briefly hover above the Silvermines Mountains in Tipperary before plunging 12,000ft towards terra firma.