As February looms, have New Year's resolutions been kept or abandoned?
Kate O'Neill leads Runfit classes in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. The running plan gets participants off the couch and running 5km in six weeks.
Taking part in the session is Aoife McCarthy of the 'Lazy Diva Challenge’ blog. She believes January is a great time to start a new challenge.
Kate O’Neill advises people who are starting to lose momentum with New Year's Resolutions to start again if they fail.
Psychoanalyst Michael Murphy explains that people have always made New Year's resolutions and there is evidence as far back as Babylonian and Roman times that,
People made promises to the gods at the beginning of the new year.
He outlines four factors that ensure success with keeping New Year's resolutions.
Chief Executive of the charity Barnardos Fergus Finlay encourages people to make selfless resolutions for the new year.
Set yourself a target that will make a difference to other people as well as to yourselves.
He thinks New Year's resolutions of this nature are easier to keep.
The resolutions made by people on Grafton Street for the new year include; visiting more places in Ireland, losing weight, eating healthier and to stop smoking. One man did not bother making any New Year's resolutions,
Because I’ve the perfect life already.
An RTÉ New report broadcast on 31 January 2014. The reporter is Lisa McKelvey.
