Melanoma Trust

In Memory of Sharon Rice O’Beirne

 

Paying too high a price for a tan?

An injection of Melanotan might seem like the answer to having a long-lasting, sunless tan. But it is available only on the internet and concerns have been expressed by doctors, writes Ciara O’Brien.

A year ago, Danielle was relying on fake tan to keep her holiday colour topped up all year round. But a chance conversation with a friend led her to the tanning injection, something that is becoming increasingly popular among young Irish people.

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Filed under : What the Papers Say
By The Irish Times
On 4 March, 2009
At 10:00 am
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Mountain Skills 2 Course

Date: 28th February & 1st March 2009
Location: County Wicklow

Peter fine-tunes his map-reading

Peter fine-tunes his map-reading

Eoin and Peter completed their Mountain Skills 2 Course over the weekend. The main aim of this course was to fine-tune what was learned in the first course through navigating at night and also dealing with steep terrain.

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Filed under : Weekly Hill Walks
By Eoin
On 1 March, 2009
At 10:00 pm
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Mountain Skills 1 Course

Date: 28th February & 1st March 2009
Location: County Wicklow

Deirdre, Brian, Liz and Tommy on the hills

Deirdre, Brian, Liz, Mark and Tommy on the hills

 

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Filed under : Weekly Hill Walks
By Maria
On
At 9:30 pm
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