Older People’s Councils are representative groups of older people who work together and with key state and voluntary agencies to make Ireland a better place in which to grow old. The Programme for Government (2011-2016) committed to the establishment of Older People’s Councils by Local Authorities so that older people can raise concerns or issues of importance at a local level.
Older People’s Council Chairs
Joe Butler
Brian McDermott
Carole Beattie
Mary O’Callaghan
Liz Downes
Caroline McDaid
Dorothy Pendergast
Frances Hannon
Angela Mooney
Margaret Donnelly
Philip Daly
Eilish Hession
Mags Kenny
Eleanor Hull
Eavan Schmidt-Bleek
Mary Cronin
Catherine Lenihan
Liam Kett
Mary O’Hanlon
Nickey Brennan
Anna May McHugh
Trudy Nealon
Hazel Humphrey
Elizabeth Stanley
Kitty Burkhill
Joe Grogan
Jackie Kilcullen
Ita Healy
Paddy Gollogly
Frances Kawala
Molly Buckley
Bernie Kearney
Amro Hamid
Mary Lyons
Mary McMahon
Ray McGrath
Anne Drury
Ger Mackey
Carina Harte-Holmes