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HERE’S SOMETHING THAT might just make you laugh.
That’s what the organisers of Ireland’s first laughing championships are hoping for anyway.
In aid of mental health organisation Jigsaw, the event is taking place in the Galway Harbour Hotel on 5 May, otherwise known as world laughter day.
Competitors will take part in categories such as “Best Diabolical Laugh”, “Best Snort Laugh” and “Most Contagious Alabama Kneeslapper” on the night.
The organiser of the event is Siobhan Kavanagh, who is a PhD student in child and youth research in NUIG’s School of Psychology, and is currently undertaking research along with Dr Padraig MacNeela on the impact that laughter yoga can have on well-being.
“Although laughter has been described as the best medicine, researchers are only starting to understand the positive effects it can have on the body and mind, or indeed on well-being,” she said.
All proceeds from next month’s event, which is free for spectators and €10 for participants, will be donated to Jigsaw.
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You’d be fair fecking cold if you only grabbed your hat and scarf..
No scorchio.
Hat scarf and sock
I hope it drops down to below Zero & freezes the shxxe outa all the germs, virus’s & infections that are doing the rounds now. So many people sick with all the dirty fog & damp weather. A decent blast of frost & ice will soon solve that.
It was -36 here in Calgary yesterday . A day for the high stool and the bovril !
Ronan, I remember a friend of mine who emigrated to Edmonton, he said Ireland always felt colder when he came home for Christmas because of the damp.
I’d still rather be short taken in Enniscorthy than Edmonton though.
I was in Regina, Saskatchewan in central Canada for 3 weeks on a business trip. Just home a few days…. The first week or so it was -22 Celsius on a good day! Took your breath away! Crazy cold. Wind chill brought it down to – 31 Celsius. But Ireland’s damp cold is something to behold.
when was the last time met eireann got the weather forecast right?
Today?
Nowhere near to -2…
The forecast rain moving across the country and a night-time low of -2, we got both .
What a time to shave off my MO. My top lip will be cold tomorrow.
Grab the duvet and stay in bed
Roll on summer!
No no no.it’s the warmest 1st week in December on record.
I’ll believe it when I feel it.
I have my hat got since last week (and I have rarely taken it off) but I still refuse to wear my winter jacket. Has to drop to below 0 for that.
When does it not feel cold and wintry…only stating the obvious.
I have a whopper scarf and hat. Jacomos.com is the spot. Clothes only whop they are
Great. Just when my boiler decides to have a tantrum.
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