Electric Picnic announces ten more acts across the weekendWith just six weeks to go until Electric Picnic welcomes 75,000 music fans to Stradbally Estate, the festival has announced ten more acts who will perform over the three-day weekend. Unreckonable force CMAT will make a welcome return to the festival after wowing crowds in 2022. Fresh from winning the Choice Music Prize earlier this year, first time Picnickers Lankum will also perform at the sold-out event, while Ivor Novello winner Villagers brings his uniquely nuanced and melodic fusion of folk, pop and rock to Stradbally. The weekend of August 16 to August 18 will see Electric Picnic celebrating its 20th anniversary and with The Stranglers currently on their 50th anniversary tour there is no better place to celebrate. Eurovision fans rejoice as two-time winner Loreen, and Ireland’s own Bambie Thug will make their Picnic debuts over the weekend, make sure to catch a special podcast from Blindboy, and music from daydreamers, Cardinals and Zimmer90.

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Celebrating 21 years of paediatric transplant in Ireland was the core theme of this year’s Irish Nephrology Society (INS) Annual Scientific Meeting and a major highlight of the gathering, according to INS President Prof Donal Reddan. The sports star, who is a “proud” ambassador of Temple Street, took the stage as part of a special dedication to paediatric transplant involving members and friends of the clinical team, as well as patients. We’ve done 159 transplants in Temple Street and the results and success of these transplants are on par with international standards. We are always working to do research and improve quality-of-life and graft survival for these patients.”A former CHI patient and two-times transplant recipient spoke about his “accidental diagnosis” of stage 3 renal failure at eight years of age and his time as a paediatric patient. “It was an amazing experience,” he said about the first transplant, adding that “the recovery went well”.

Want sustainable weight loss but don’t want to take Ozempic? Try time restricted eating with high intensity trainingStudy proves set eating times and high-intensity training habits show lasting results for a non-clinical approach to weight loss and improved healthHigh intensity functional training has been found to be effective. Photo: GettyJohn Mac Ghlionn Tue 2 Jul 2024 at 03:30A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers at the University of Sfax in Tunisia has unveiled an innovative approach to combating obesity and enhancing overall health.

Pictured at the recent Spar 365 Standards Customer Care Programme for achieving exceptional standards in retailing, were Gerard Kilbride Spar ROA, Derek Ossel Spar Birr, Ben and Ciara Sweeney, Spar St Mary’s Road, Edenderry, Adrian Simpson, Spar Mullingar, William Jennings, Spar Ferbane, Alice Bergin and Marek Moderski, Spar Obama Plaza. Four Offaly Spar stores receive retail excellence accoladesFour Offaly-based Spar stores were honoured at the convenience chain's recent Spar 365 Standards Customer Care Programme for achieving exceptional standards in retailing. The awards, in association with independent bodies Solution Management Associates (SMA) and Lloyds Register Quality Assurance LRQA, recognise Spar stores which have excelled during the year across all store areas. The Offaly stores which received a Spar 365 Retailing Standards Award were: Pat and Una McDonagh, McDonagh’s Spar, Barack Obama Plaza; Aidan Healy, Healy’s Spar, Cloghan; Ben and Mary Sweeney, Sweeney’s Spar, St Mary’s Road, Edenderry; and Spar Corrib Oil, Ferbane. Congratulating the winners, Colin Donnelly, Spar Sales Director, said: “The Spar 365 Standards Customer Care Programme recognise those retailers who, through their ongoing commitment to outstanding retail standards and customer service, continue to set the benchmark for the Spar brand and the retail marketplace overall.

Andy Murray withdraws from Wimbledon singles but confirms doubles planBy Eleanor Crooks, PA Tennis CorrespondentAndy Murray will not play singles at Wimbledon but has committed to competing in doubles with his brother Jamie. He refused to rule out a final Wimbledon appearance and practised at the All England Club the last few days but it was clear his movement was nowhere near 100 per cent. Andy Murray, right, will play doubles with his brother Jamie. What has turned out to be his final singles match at the All England Club was an agonising two-day, five-set loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round last year. This is not quite the end of Murray’s singles career, with the 37-year-old set to make a final appearance at the Olympics in Paris later this month.

Local singer-songwriter to release debut singleConnor Doyle, also known as JaxofNoTrades, is set to release his debut single this Friday, July 5. Doyle is an alumni of St. Mary's Secondary School Edenderry, and originally from Carbury in Co. Kildare. This track, called 'Time of Our Lives' was produced by talented Californian producer Caden Jester and features fellow St. Mary's alumnus and singer-songwriter Ben Amber. The release of his debut track will be in fact the first time many of his close friends and family will get to hear his music! The chorus was written while travelling on the Number 7 train on his way home from working in New York City.

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Novak Djokovic shows no ill effects of surgery as he strolls into round twoBy Andy Sims, PANovak Djokovic proved once again that he should never be written off after cruising to victory on Centre Court just 27 days after a knee operation. The 37-year-old’s chances of featuring at Wimbledon looked all but impossible when he went under the knife in Paris last month for surgery on a torn meniscus. But a 6-1 6-2 6-2 first-round stroll against Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva demonstrated to the doubters that not only is Djokovic fit, but he is also determined to at least challenge for title number eight at the All England Club. Photo by Mike EgertonSporting a grey knee support – not exactly consistent with Wimbledon’s all-white policy – Djokovic charged through the first set in only 34 minutes. Photo by Mike Egerton“I tried to really focus on the game and not think too much about the knee.

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Donyell Malen’s late double steers Netherlands past Romania at Euro 2024Andy Hampson, PADonyell Malen struck twice late on as the Netherlands reached the Euro 2024 quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over Romania in Munich. Romania made the brighter start with Dennis Man going close but Gakpo changed the game with his third goal of the tournament. The Liverpool forward finished well as he cut inside from the left and lashed a low right-foot shot inside Florin Nita’s near post. The Netherlands threatened more as Tijjani Reijnders had a powerful effort blocked by Radu Dragusin and Stefan De Vrij headed narrowly wide. Romania felt hard done to when play was pulled back for a foul by Denis Alibec as Nicolae Stanciu broke away but Malen finished the game with his late double.

Independent Ireland to hold public meeting in Portlaoise next weekNew political party, Independent Ireland, have announced that they will hold a public meeting in Laois next week. General Secretary of Independent Ireland, Richard O’Donoghue TD, will be addressing the meeting. Mr Fennell was on the ticket for Independent Ireland in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District, while Colette Byrne ran for the party in Portlaoise. “Independent Ireland is a political party founded on principles of common sense and practical solutions. “Independent Ireland stands as a clear alternative to traditional political approaches, striving to lead Ireland forward with sensible and actionable policies.

Central banks have shown they can take forceful action to head off the most dramatic increase in inflation in a generation. To restore price stability, central banks unleashed the biggest and most synchronised global monetary policy tightening in decades. This episode has shown the value of having independent institutions outside the political process as the guardians of price stability. It also narrows central banks’ room for policy manoeuvre, making it harder to exit from stimulus measures and detangle central bank and government policies. A final lesson is that central banks alone cannot deliver a durable increase in economic growth and prosperity.

A Donegal solider is among ten men from Irish regiments who died in the first World War who will be honoured this month after their graves were located. Rededication services will take place in France and Belgium following research carried out by a group known as the war detectives. Almost half of the 1.1 million British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the first World War have no known grave. The UK ministry of defence’s war detectives squad, officially known as the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), is tasked with matching the graves with regimental diaries which record how and where men died during the war. Though the first World War ended more than a century ago, the search to identify remains has never stopped.

Officials stress that the designation of a state as a safe country of origin does not mean that a claim for asylum is inadmissible. The countries to be added to the safe list are: Brazil, Egypt, India, Malawi and Morocco. This is in addition to 10 countries already designated as safe countries of origin: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and South Africa. READ MOREThe introduction of safe country status and the consequent accelerated processing times have led to a drop in the number of applications from those countries. Applicants from Nigeria – although it is not designated a safe country – are also put in an accelerated application process.