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Home > 2. Life > 3. Health & Wellbeing > 4. Health Features The power of walking: Live longer, maintain a healthy weight, boost your mood and banish aches and pains With new research showing that even a short daily walk can prevent one in 10 premature deaths, three women share their stories of the power of putting one foot in front of the other every day Brid Ui Chuanaigh, on the right, who suffered from a stroke, takes part in the Monday Movers at Croi Galway walks (pictured here with Mary Carroll). Photo: Ray Ryan Brid Ui Chuanaigh, on the right, who suffered from a stroke, takes part in the Monday Movers at Croi Galway walks (pictured here with Mary Carroll). Photo: Ray Ryan Kathy Donaghy Yesterday at 03:30 When Brid Ui Chuanaigh suffered a stroke, she worried that her daily walks in the Galway countryside where she lives were over. 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