Bellurgan’s Evelyn Toner helps woman lose weight on This Morning

Evelyn Toner (centre) with Christina Briggs and Christina’s life coach Jeff Brazier on the set of This Morning yesterday

Dundalk woman Evelyn Toner appeared on ITV’s this morning programme yesterday in a segment featuring unemployed mother of two Christina Briggs.

The Wigan woman hit the headlines last year after claiming that taxpayers should give her more benefits to eat healthily.

After appearing on This Morning last September, the show vowed to help and teamed Christina up with Evelyn to create a healthy eating plan.

Just three weeks on and Christina had lost 1^st 5lbs with the help of dietician Evelyn.

Evelyn, from Bellurgan, runs a nutrition consultancy service called Prime Health Nutrition in London.

A registered dietitian and sports nutritionist, you can find out more about Evelyn’s work at www.primehealthnutrition.co.uk

You can watch the segment on the UTV Player. Follow it from 52.20.

Dundalk midfielder Towell linked with €350,000 move to England

Richie Towell was the Airtricity / SWAI Player of the Month for August last year but will he still be at Oriel Park by the end of this summer?

Dundalk midfielder Richie Towell has been linked with a move away from Oriel Park in today’s Irish Independent.

As part of a feature on the top 50 transfer targets this summer, the 23-year-old features in number 42 with the paper claiming interest from Wigan, Burnley and Ipswich Town.

The Indo speculate a price tag of €350,000, having described Towell as the League of Ireland’s best player. They insist that it is just a matter of whether the deal happens now or at the end of the Irish season.

Ipswich boss and former Ireland manager Mick McCarthy was at Oriel Park earlier this month for the club’s Europa League fixture against Jeunesse Esch leading to speculation that Towell may be on his way to Portman Road.

The happiest man in Dundalk this morning

Gerry McShane reports that his former Dowdallshill GFC team-mate Vincent McKevitt – who captained the club to a Junior Championship title in recent years – is a proud Wigan fan.

There can’t be too many of them in the area so congratulations Vincent, savour this moment.

For those who are living under a rock, underdogs Wigan pulled off one of the greatest FA Cup final shocks of all time when Ben Watson’s 90th minute header earned them a 1-0 victory over Manchester City at Wembley yesterday, earning the minnows the first trophy of their 81 year history.

As well as for his exploits on the GAA field, Vincent gained some prominence in 2010 when he and fellow Dowdallshill man Stewart Agnew brought out the track ‘Wee County With The Big Heart’ prior to Louth’s Leinster final appearance against Meath.

Vincent McKevitt (back), with Stewart Agnew

Source: Gerry McShane (Twitter)