National Older People’s Council welcomes new Chair

This month we welcomed Kevin O’Brien and his two colleagues Dean Rock and Sinead Desmond from Handy Helpers. Handy Helpers is a not-for-profit service that specialises in working with older people. They provided an informative overview of their service and kindly provided smoke alarms to all attendees. They took questions …

The funding, which has been issued by the National Transport Authority (NTA), will see twenty bus shelters constructed in county Limerick, with a further eleven earmarked for the metropolitan area. Age Friendly Limerick are thrilled to witness advancements in this area, as it resonates with Theme 2 – Transportation, of …

OPC Convention 9th/10th May Kilkenny Longford Older Person’s Council Chairperson Kitty Burkhill and Longford Age Friendly Co-ordinator Paula Mulry were delighted to be among the 200 older people from across Ireland who gathered for the Age Friendly Ireland National Older People’s Councils (OPC) Convention held last week in Kilkenny. The …

Members of Louth OPC and the Age Friendly Louth Team attended the Age Friendly Conference in Kilkenny last week. A great time was had by all, a big thank you to the Age Friendly Kilkenny Team and Age Friendly Ireland Team for all their hard work in organising a great …

A number of taster drama workshops were rolled out across Co Louth this week, inviting adults and especially older adults to take part in workshops to celebrate positive ageing and to challenge ageism in Co Louth. A wide variety of people from lots of different backgrounds across Co Louth and …

New Ross Library Beachcombing Revelations and Biodiversity on the South East Coast https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/event/4201083 My Life of Woolcraft with Annie Gambrill from Killala Woolcraft https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/event/4207719 The Gus Handcock Digital Photo Archive with Monica Wallace https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/event/4206929 Irish Ceílí Dancing in the Library Park with Sarah Cody https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/event/4208891 Bunclody Library Wexford Bat Group Talk …