During the autumn, my mate and I decided to treat ourselves to a day session here; that and they…read morehad a fantastic special of 20 euro. We just wanted to take a time out and look at our lives. Yes I realise how pretentious that sounds! I drove there in my little dinky car, through tiny country roads... I would recommend that you drive here or else get a lift because it's pretty secluded. The setting is beautiful, old trees, green fields, the Wicklow mountains in the background, birds singing... It was a like Disney cartoon. When we arrived, we were greeted by the most Zen filled man. We were asked to remove our shoes; I had two odd socks on so that was embarrassing. The day consisted of simple meditation exercises in a group and tips on relaxation. At moments during the day we were encouraged to explore the beautiful grounds. They have a tiny shop selling lots of smelly things and Buddhist stuff. There is accommodation in the main house and also hermitages if you really want to get away from modern stresses and technology in order to rejuvenate. One of the best parts was the lunch, all organic and vegetarian; you could feel the spiritual love in the food! They do loads of courses and I would be quite the cynic when it comes to anything too airy fairy, not a big fan of crystals & big flowing hippie dresses but everyone to their own. But they seem to have a good balance here and they have been doing it for years. We both left on a high and just ready to take on the world once more.

Went into the primary care center after being told by the hospital in Tullamore to go here for…read morephysiotherapy after surgery as I live in Athlone. However upon trying to book an appointment i was told no as I live the otherside of the bridge in county Roscommon and that i have to go to Roscommon Town to get it. THhe center in Athlone is a four minute drive to from my house as I live in Athlone and Roscommon is a half hour and when I said this the clerk should said thats the way it is! I found this hard to believe, this is what is wrong with our system with people not using common sense