Age Friendly Ireland / Newsletter / 4th July 2025
Age Friendly Ireland Local Updates
Age Friendly Roscrea Age Friendly Roscrea attended an event in Croke Park hosted by Adult Literacy for Life (Solas/ETB), which showcased Literacy Champions around the country. Read More HERE PUPILS …
PhD Position in Data Governance Best Practices and Open Data Space
(48 months fully funded) Project: Data Governance and Evidence based Policy Making-Partnership for Research on Ageing and Older People Supervisor: Prof. Markus Helfert We offer an exciting opportunity to join …
Age Friendly Ireland / Newsletter / 27th June 2025
New Ross adds two Age Friendly parking spaces
At the launch of the Age Friendly parking spaces in New Ross were (left to right); Cllr Michael Sheehan, Niamh Bolger, Age Friendly Officer, Cllr Pat Barden, Cllr John Dwyer, …
Killarney Soccer Memories Café Hosts Free Special Sporting Memories Event
Killarney Soccer Memories Café is set to host a unique Sporting Memories event on Saturday, 28th June bringing together soccer lovers of all ages to relive cherished moments from the …
Holidaymakers urged to be on high alert for travel scams as fraudsters ramp up activity over the summer months
Consumers advised to use scamchecker.ie to verify if websites and links are legitimate before making any bookings as the summer holiday season gets into full swing, FraudSMART, the fraud awareness …
Patrick Mulley
Cavan Older People’s Council Information Roadshow – Ballyconnell Community Centre
Cavan Older People’s Council in collaboration with Cavan Age Friendly Programme hosted an Information Roadshow in Ballyconnell Community Centre on Tuesday 17th June 2025. The event was open to older …
Mayor’s Official Opening of 13 units under the Capital Assistance Scheme/Charleville Care Project
The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll, performed the official opening of 13 Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) funded housing units for Older Persons at Charleville Sheltered Housing …
Age Friendly Ireland / Newsletter / 20th June 2025
Age Friendly Ambassadors Spotlight Emotional, Mental and Physical Health in Ageing
Age Friendly Ireland’s Ambassadors’ Day returned on Wednesday 18th June with a clear message: emotional, mental and physical health must take centre stage in how Ireland supports and celebrates ageing. …
Raising Awareness of Elder Abuse
In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council Cllr John Paul Feeley joined Age Friendly Ambassador Bob Gilbert, Co-chair of Cavan Older People’s Council Brian …
Work to start on €3.4m age-friendly housing scheme in Daingean
Photograph: Cathaoirleach Cllr. Audrey Hennessy Kennedy with Anna Marie Delaney Chief Executive, Offaly County Council, signing contracts for the new €3.4m Housing Development, Daingean. Present at signing were (Front Row …
Cycling Without Age
Cycling Without Age (CWA) is an Irish charity. It’s a nationwide award-winning, volunteer-led, social initiative. Its purpose is to take people unable to walk or cycle for themselves due to …
Age Friendly Ireland / Newsletter / 13th June 2025
Empowerment through Smart Home Equipment (Smart Home Gateway Project) Webinar
Anyone with an interest in assistive technology, please feel free to share the invite with your contacts. This interactive session will showcase the journeys of 8 individuals who have been supported to …
Age Friendly Ireland / Newsletter / 6th June 2025
Dementia; Understand Together May Update
Communities: · Bantry: Members of the Bantry Dementia Alliance, Sarah Cairns & Teresa Bohane, spoke at the 17th International Engaging Dementia Conference on making Bantry a dementia inclusive community. – …
Raheny Age Friendly – 10-year Anniversary Celebrations
Raheny Age Friendly volunteers This month marked our 10th year as a group and had a special coffee morning yesterday to mark the occasion. It was the largest group we …
New Approach to Bring Community Supports to Women in Nursing Homes
A new initiative will bring volunteer befrienders and other community-based supports to women living in long-term residential care in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim. This initiative will benefit 200 nursing home …
Greenore Co-Op Railway Museum & Tearooms
Roscommon Age Friendly Information Event – Kilbride Community Centre
Roscommon Older People’s Council hosted a wonderful Age Friendly Information Event in Kilbride Community Centre, Roscommon on Wednesday, 28th May 2025. Bernie Kearney, Older People’s Council Chair & MC / …
Boots Ireland in partnership with the HSE’s Dementia: Understand Together campaign host free Brain Health and Dementia Awareness Events
Boots has partnered with the Dementia: Understand Together campaign since 2016, working to make stores and communities more dementia inclusive through staff training and public events. The one-hour workshop will …