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News & publications

Press and publications play an important part in achieving the objectives of Age & Opportunity. Apart from our own press releases and publications available from this section, we also cover some issues around representations of older people in the media and have a reading list of books around the area of ageing.

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Margaret Gaffney talks about her experience of taking part in Bealtaine. 'It doesn't matter what you do - any kind of creation is good.' So says Margaret Gaffney who took part in Bealtaine in 2009.

Hear what she had to say.

Lawn Toss inchicoreGo for Life trains 17 new  Physical Activity Leaders as Dublin becomes EU Capital of Sport.

Read more about the workshops.

Ann Healy from the Southside Partnership talks about running Ageing with ConfidenceThe Southside Partnership have run a number of Ageing with Confidence programmes.

Listen to what Ann Healy says about her experience of taking part.

 A major independent evaluation of Bealtaine has been conducted by the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG), National University of Ireland, Galway.

Read more on the Bealtaine evaluation.

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