The Irish Men’s Sheds Association (IMSA) & Ipsen are encouraging more men in the 400 Men’s Sheds across Ireland to talk about the topic of prostate cancer.
This is because the organisation’s recent Shed Some Light on Prostate Cancer research showed that 17% of members of the Irish Men’s Sheds Association have experienced prostate cancer and 57% have had a close friend or family member diagnosed.
It also showed that men don’t find it easy to talk about such topics.
Thirty two per cent of members said they find it difficult to open up about personal health issues with friends or family and over a quarter (29%) actively avoid speaking about health-related issues with those close to them.
This is at a time when one in eight men in Ireland are affected by prostate cancer in their lifetime.
A follow-on Shed A Light roadshow was aimed at driving awareness and encouraged peer-to-peer conversations about prostate cancer.
To find a men’s shed near you see: mens's shed
The necessity to remove candle-wax droplets from fabric is not an everyday job. Accidents happen at functions and candle-wax can get spilled onto clothing or table cloths. Once the candle-wax has dried, scrape off as much as possible of the candle-wax using the back of a knife. Then heat the iron to a temperature suitable for the particular fabric. Use the ironing board as normal. Place brown paper or blotting paper on both sides of the fabric and apply the iron for a few seconds.The paper will absorb the wax. Repeat this process a number of times until all the wax is gone. The brown paper is more effective than the blotting paper as it’s easier to see the wax on it. You are now left with a fatty stain that can be either dry-cleaned or washed out.
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Delicious Christmas cookies to make with your kids or as a sweet gift to friends and family.Classic Christmas Cookies
with Dr Catherine Keena, Teagasc countryside management specialist
Look out for whins – immortalised in Patrick Kavanagh’s Childhood Christmas when he ‘looked and three whin bushes rode across the horizon – the three Wise Kings’. Studying this poem for the Leaving Certificate many years ago, I did not recognise the whins as being what we knew as furze in Offlay. Later when reading botany books predominantly by non-Irish authors, the anglicised name gorse became familiar, also used in eastern counties. Hence the reason why plants have latin names. Whether whin, furze or gorse, it is part of our literary heritage and our native Irish biodiversity. Happy Christmas!
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