Claire Holmes

Dietitian for longer than I like to admit! Food is so fascinating! All views are my own!

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@AndreaCowanSNP @Tesco My local @dunnesstores always has full shelves. Delicious local produce, butter is cheaper than Tesco or ASDA, great selection of continental cheeses etc! Of course, I live in NI which has remained within the EU trade area with its everyday benefits.

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@OwsWills @AndreaCowanSNP @addis5 @Tesco @sainsburys Oh yes it is. Not perhaps as bad as in mainland UK but even in Tesco Enniskillen, fresh goods run out more frequently than before Brexit. Thank God for Dunnes Stores!! 👏

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@BelTel How I would love to see railways in the west! Across County Fermanagh the old train routes are still visible. The railway provided an important transport link to rural areas. Now, if you live on rural Fermanagh, you need a car. It isn't a luxury, it's a necessity.

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@BDA_olderpeople @BDA_Dietitians It's happened to us all! 😀

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@bioniclaura Completely agree. Yarn isn't high on the list of priorities for those who can't afford food or fuel or either. And a woolly hat is not a replacement for a warm home!

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@bigphil321 I'm a 10! Does that make me boring?

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@Wimbledon Fabulous match. One of the most exciting I have seen. Commiserations to Serena Williams but big congratulations to Harmony Tann for sticking on there and playing each shot. It's never over until after the last ball!!

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@bea_johanssen @markwhogarth @CarolineLucas 'Unionist parties' may be against the protocol but there are lots of voters who are broadly unionist and who didn't want Brexit, don't care about the protocol but do care about one party using the protocol as an excuse not to form an executive. Who represents us?

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@amdietetics Don't blame you. My husband, a retired anaesthetist, has sometimes said that he wouldn't like to be going into medicine now.

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@DuncanMassingh2 @HughFW Such faith in PR! Well, as a voter in NI where PR has been in operation for many years, let me tell you that political stagnation and ruling-not-representing are alive and well!!

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@EverydayKnitter @fakoriginal Huh! Youngster! I remember getting my polio injection at Primary School! OUCH!!!! 😱

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@EverydayKnitter @robandthread @StagYarn Resistance would not only be pointless but completely wrong. Such delicious pinknysrn demands to be bought, owner and cast on immediately - either literally or in the imagination..... who cares?!!

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@DXWQC @cllrjohnkyle I applaud your integrity. 👏

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@AoibheannDunne @C1Logue @DrMariaMulhern @amgallagher_UU Congratulations Aoibheann. My son finally got his 2 weeks ago. He finished his PhD in autumn 2019. I hope you didn't have to wait quite so long. 👏👏

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@JenniferMcBrat @WesternHSCTrust @healthdpt Yes Jennifer, that's my fella!! We've both been vaccinating for the Western Trust. Someone from Coms turned up one morning to make a video to promote getting vaccinated and Willie drew the short straw! No script! He just had to make it up in his head as it was filmed.

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@_LauraKirwan @ucddublin @BreigeMcNulty Well done. Great subject for a thesis. #sustainablediets

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@RD_Catherine Totally agree. I'm a Registered Dietitian who is vaccinating at the vaccination centres. So many people attending have been badly ill with Covid, lost relatives and friends to it, have long Covid themselves or their love ones do. #GetVaccinated

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@AfN_UK_ @JanetCade I use those on my homemade jams and chutney. They seem to make them taste extra delicious. Hope yours taste as good!! 😉

[Claire Holmes @cmholmes4]

@SamanthaWild @Susieacres So sorry to hear that. Everyone eats and what we eat affects our health. You'd think applying sound scientific nutritional knowledge across the populations in this country would be deemed very important. Sadly the essential contribution dietitians make is still undervalued.