Roscommon’s Older People’s Council (OPC) represents the voices, needs and lived experiences of our older people and promotes their inclusion in all areas of community life. The role of the Roscommon OPC is to identify areas of need, raise issues of importance, inform and influence the decision-making process of the Roscommon Age Friendly Programme and participate in national level structures. Roscommon’s Older People’s Council meet on the last Wednesday of every month. We have thirteen people from different groups on the Executive who report back to their respective groups.
Roscommon Age Friendly Libraries
At Roscommon’s OPC meeting on 24th April 2024 Roscommon’s Age Friendly Ambassador Paddy Joe Burke and Roscommon OPC members presented Roscommon Libraries Age Friendly Charter to Lorraine Keane, Librarian. The meeting was held in the County Library in Roscommon. Prior to the handover Lorraine Keane did an excellent presentation to the group outlining the changes Roscommon Libraries had made to become Age Friendly. She also spoke of the benefits of being a member and gave information on upcoming training & events in the libraries.
Age Friendly Train Station
The train station in Carrick on Shannon, Roscommon is one of only ten that has been piloted by Iarnród Éireann country-wide to become Age Friendly. We were approached by Iarnród Éireann initially to see would we be interested in this, needless to say we jumped at the chance to have one of the first Age Friendly train stations in Ireland. With a lot of help from Declan Gaffney, National Technical Programme Manager for Age Friendly Ireland we organised a Walkability Audit at the train station on 10th October 2024. A report and findings from the Walkability has been completed and we hope to move ahead with this initiative in 2025.
