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style=\"display:none\">2021-09-09T10:24:14+00:00<\/span><p class=\"post-excerpt\">\n\n\n\n\nWith the month of April upon us and the promise of blue skies and sunshine to follow, readers must be optimistic that better days are ahead, vacinated numbers increase daily and at time of writing, it is expcted that commercial and social restrictions will be reducing as the summer...<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"btn-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2021\/09\/09\/a-healthy-active-populous-is-an-asset-to-society\/\">Read more +<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"post post-modern hide-post-date post-title-simple post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ihta\">\r\n\t<div class=\"post-image single\">\n\t\t<div class=\"post-slideshow porto-carousel owl-carousel nav-inside nav-inside-center nav-style-2 show-nav-hover has-ccols ccols-1\" 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will we change too?<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"post-meta\"><span class=\"meta-date\"><\/span><\/div><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/author\/ihtacontrol\/\" title=\"Posts by ihtacontrol\" rel=\"author\">ihtacontrol<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none\">2021-07-06T12:33:47+00:00<\/span><p class=\"post-excerpt\">Normality as we once knew is no more, the unforeseen consequences following the arrival of COVID-19 to global shores mandated a swiftness of unprecedented changes to our daily lives, affecting personal, social, and work practices. Who could have foretold of general acquiescence to removal...<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"btn-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2021\/06\/02\/our-world-has-changed-will-we-change-too\/\">Read more +<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"post post-modern hide-post-date post-title-simple post-171 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ihta\">\r\n\t<div class=\"post-image single\">\n\t\t<div class=\"post-slideshow porto-carousel owl-carousel nav-inside nav-inside-center nav-style-2 show-nav-hover has-ccols ccols-1\" data-plugin-options='{\"nav\":true}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2021\/06\/01\/can-ireland-aspire-to-be-lean-and-green\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"560\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blog-img1.jpg\" class=\"owl-lazy img-responsive\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blog-img1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blog-img1-400x129.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blog-img1-367x118.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"post-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2021\/06\/01\/can-ireland-aspire-to-be-lean-and-green\/\">Can Ireland aspire to be lean and green?<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"post-meta\"><span class=\"meta-date\"><\/span><\/div><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/author\/ihtacontrol\/\" title=\"Posts by ihtacontrol\" rel=\"author\">ihtacontrol<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none\">2021-07-06T12:33:33+00:00<\/span><p class=\"post-excerpt\">It is wise and prudent to know your customer, to keep vigilant on the supply and demand, so recently the IHTA commissioned a survey based on suitably representative demographics, posing some key questions. Without being complacent, it is good news to hear back that from the responses received, more...<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"btn-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2021\/06\/01\/can-ireland-aspire-to-be-lean-and-green\/\">Read more +<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"post post-modern hide-post-date post-title-simple post-674 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ihta\">\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"post-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2021\/02\/01\/february-2021\/\">Mens health in numbers<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"post-meta\"><span class=\"meta-date\"><\/span><\/div><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/author\/ihtacontrol\/\" title=\"Posts by ihtacontrol\" rel=\"author\">ihtacontrol<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none\">2021-08-30T11:11:53+00:00<\/span><p class=\"post-excerpt\">\nSpring, an- tEarrach, has arrived, to the Celts the Spring Equinox was a time for self-reflection and rebirth, the Celtic spring was a time of new balance in nature after the long Irish winter. It was the season when seeds were sewn and new life hatched. May spring 2021...<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"btn-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2021\/02\/01\/february-2021\/\">Read more +<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"post post-modern hide-post-date post-title-simple post-679 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ihta\">\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"post-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2020\/10\/01\/age-friendly-ireland-advocates-for-healthy-ageing\/\">Age Friendly Ireland\u2026.advocates for healthy ageing\u2026<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"post-meta\"><span class=\"meta-date\"><\/span><\/div><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/author\/ihtacontrol\/\" title=\"Posts by ihtacontrol\" rel=\"author\">ihtacontrol<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none\">2021-07-06T16:32:28+00:00<\/span><p class=\"post-excerpt\">\nBecoming aware of the swiftness in the passing years and accepting I\u2019m beginning to get on a bit myself, I\u2019m acknowledging my developing interest in broad range media coverage and references and indeed governmental initiatives, all relating to aging.I also readily acknowledge my fondness and affinity on the accuracy...<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"btn-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2020\/10\/01\/age-friendly-ireland-advocates-for-healthy-ageing\/\">Read more +<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"post post-modern hide-post-date post-title-simple post-677 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ihta\">\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"post-content\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/2020\/08\/01\/are-mandatory-regulatory-initiatives-good-for-us-or-do-mandatory-dictates-erode-personal-civic-responsibility\/\">Are mandatory regulatory initiatives good for us or do mandatory dictates erode personal civic responsibility\u2026<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"post-meta\"><span class=\"meta-date\"><\/span><\/div><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihta.org\/author\/ihtacontrol\/\" title=\"Posts by ihtacontrol\" rel=\"author\">ihtacontrol<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none\">2021-07-06T16:32:33+00:00<\/span><p class=\"post-excerpt\">\nAs global society seems to be returning to some degree of pre COVID-19 normality, though slightly tweaked, one of the popular topics much debated relates to enquiry on the imposition of state intervention and individual freedoms. 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