The best Ireland's country music scene has to offer will be lining up for this Friday's Late Late Show Country Special in what has been dubbed a 'family affair'.

Striving to be perfect can be harmful and even lead to obsession, says lifestyle coach Anna Geary.

It’s important not to bow to social pressure to look thin, says lifestyle coach Anna Geary

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So that’s Thursday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Manage your time better and you will keep stress at arm’s length, says lifestyle coach Anna Geary.

This week I’m chatting about metabolic age testing which has been a big feature on Operation Transformation this year and which is something lots of members on my website have been asking me about. Recipe wise it’s my Tofu Pad Thai and some delicious Peanut Butter Krispie Squares.

So that’s Thursday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Well-known sporting and television personalities have been recruited to take part in a series of talks aimed at helping secondary school children look after their mental health, nutrition and deal with risks posed by social media.

IT can be a little bewildering — not to mention frustrating — when a seemingly healthy food, such as broccoli, upsets your stomach, but that was how it was for co-director and owner of Lockdown PR agency Vivienne McCarthy, who first started to suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in her teens.

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Be aware of the realities behind social media, says lifestyle coach Anna Geary.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

Here's your morning bulletin.

Listen to your gut instinct when you need to take action, says lifestyle coach Anna Geary.

Often, we stay within our comfort zones for fear that we can’t do something. The fear of failure is something that grips us in a way that little else can. But what is a comfort zone? In simplest terms, it provides each of us with a state of mental security. You know what you are doing within those parameters.

Your lunchtime bulletin.

Put your future success in good hands — your own, says lifestyle coach Anna Geary.

When we think of school we think of many different things, but one in particular stands out, routine, routine, routine. During the summer holidays, our daily routine can go out the window, especially bed time, writes Anna Geary.

Being “thrown in at the deep end” suited Amy O’Connor just fine. Rather than being inhibited by promotion to the Cork team while still a teenager, the St Vincent’s forward flourished with the responsibility placed on her young shoulders.

Who came away with the title of for being one of the most stylish people in the country?

This week I’m sharing a full- body kettlebell circuit. I often put pictures of me with a kettlebell on my Instagram profile and I always get asked to share my workouts.

Keala Settle, the actress who sings the song in the hit movie, tweeted her approval and deemed it as “powerful”.

The luck of the Irish ran out last night for Erin McGregor, who fell at the final hurdle in the race to make the final of this year’s Dancing with the Stars.

As Anna Geary takes time out from Dancing with the Stars for our S/S shoot, she talks camogie triumphs and rumba rehearsals with Esther McCarthy.

After the Marty Party ended last week, it was model Alannah Beirne’s turn to get her coat last night as her samba just wasn’t hot and spicy enough to warm up a frozen Irish public.

He’s been hanging on by a thread for the last few weeks but the Marty Party has finally come to an end.

The dance-off made its way back to RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars tonight and out of the seven remaining celebs, it was Erin McGregor and Bernard O’Shea that went head-to-head tonight.

It must be the week that’s in it, but the judges were showing a lot of love to the surviving celebs tonight.

And then there were eight. Maia Dunphy was the latest contestant on Dancing with the Stars to exit stage left, with the Marty Party still going strong.

Not quite a pot of gold, but Marty Morrissey was clearly over the rainbow when he managed to improve his steps on Dancing with the Stars’ movie-themed night.

The Marty Party is still going, but for Norah Casey it was taxi time after the first elimination from this year’s Dancing with The Stars TV bash.

He may have come second last in the judges’ scores; he may have been up against a world champion and a rugby grand slam winner — but this year’s Dancing With the Stars is already shaping up to be a Marty party.

GAA guru Marty Morrissey will show off his twinkle toes when he follows in the steps of sports presenter Des Cahill onto the dance floor.

The full line up for season two of Dancing with the Stars has been revealed.

The redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh will not only be a huge resource to the city’s sporting life, but also to business and the Cork economy , according to business figures in the region.

They were sitting in silence on a winter’s night in the Carrigtwohill club rooms, with the only sound that of a hurler belting a sliotar in the adjacent ball alley.

Former Cork star Anna Geary believes female club footballers and camogie players could be best served by linking up with the recently formed Club Players Association (CPA) rather than starting a separate women’s organisation.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to fitness and nutrition experts about how to minimise the effects of festive feasting.

During my playing days, I often thought about how Ladies Football and camogie would benefit from an organisation representing the needs of players.