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How do I get involved?

Go for Life is run in partnership with the Health Service Executive (HSE) Health Promotion Units and the Local Sports Partnerships (LSP). Talks, workshops and other events are all available locally. Find out what is going on in your area by getting in touch with the branch nearest you.

Carlow

Ciarán Ó hIarnáin (059) 913 6228 - LSP

Cavan

Colm Casey (049) 436 0401 - HSE
Nadine Crotty (049) 437 8582 - LSP

Clare

Geri Quinn (065) 686 5837 - HSE
John Sweeney (065) 686 5434 - LSP

Cork

Sheelagh Broderick (028) 40 488 - HSE
Michael Crowley (021) 466 5081 - LSP

Donegal

Geraldine Delorey (071) 985 2000 - HSE
Myles Sweeney (074) 911 6078 - LSP

Dublin

Dublin City Aideen O'Connor (01) 222 2098 - LSP
Dublin North Ailis Brosnan (01) 882 3402 - HSE
Dublin South East Martina O'Hanlon (01) 274 4200 - HSE
Dublin South Caroline Peppard (01) 463 2813 - HSE
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Shane McArdle (01) 271 9507 - LSP
Fingal Marion Browne (01) 890 6256 - LSP
South County Dublin Thomas McDermott (01) 414 9000 - LSP

Galway 

Paul Gillen (091) 548 323 - HSE
Galway City Jason Craughwell (091) 536 854 - LSP
Galway County Michael Curley (091) 476 509 - LSP

Kerry

Cora Carrigg (066) 718 4776 - LSP
Anne Culloty (064) 667 0767 - HSE

Kildare

Syl Merrins (045) 980 546 - LSP
Caroline Peppard (01) 463 2813 - HSE

Kilkenny

Nicola Keeshan (056) 772 0870 - LSP
Catherine O'Loughlin (052) 617 7930 - HSE

Laois

Clodagh Armitage (057) 935 7824 - HSE
Caroline Feehan (057) 867 1248 - LSP

Leitrim

Declan Boyle (071) 962 0005 - LSP
Geraldine Delorey (071) 913 5061 - HSE

Limerick

Anne Costello (069) 61 430 - HSE
Limerick City Elaine Barry (061) 468 542 - LSP
Limerick County Phelim Macken (061) 496 428 - LSP

Longford

Clodagh Armitage (057) 935 7824 - HSE
Siobhan McGuinness (043) 334 3307 - LSP

Louth

Mary Browne (042) 932 4356 - LSP
Yvonne Gilsenan (046) 907 6400 - HSE

Mayo

Paul Gillen  (091) 548 323 - HSE
Charlie Lambert (094) 904 7256 - LSP

Meath

Yvonne Gilsenan (046) 907 6400 - HSE
Mary Murphy (046) 906 7337 - LSP

Monaghan

Colm Casey (049) 436 0401 - HSE
Michelle Murphy (042) 975 5126 - LSP

Offaly

Clodagh Armitage (057) 935 7824 - HSE
Eamonn Henry (057) 934 6829 - LSP

Roscommon

Noel Feeley (090) 663 0853 - LSP
Paul Gillen (091) 548 323 - HSE

Sligo

Geraldine Delorey (071) 913 5061 - HSE
Deirdre Lavin (071) 916 1511 - LSP

Tipperary

Tipperary North Elaine Cullinan (067) 43 604 - LSP
Tipperary North Siobhan Hourigan (0505) 25 187 - HSE
Tipperary South Valerie Connolly (062) 64 737 - LSP
Tipperary South Catherine O'Loughlin (052) 617 7930 - HSE

Waterford

Rosarie Kealy (058) 21 192 - LSP
Catherine O'Loughlin (052) 617 7930 - HSE

Westmeath

Clodagh Armitage (057) 935 7824 - HSE
Sonja Statham (044) 939 0208 - LSP

Wexford

Catherine O'Loughlin (052) 617 7930 - HSE
Fran Ronan (053) 917 6688 - LSP

Wicklow

Tracy Bunyan (01) 287 8180 - LSP
West Wicklow Caroline Peppard (01) 463 2813 - HSE
Rest of Wicklow Martina O'Hanlon (01) 274 4200 - HSE

What's New

Make Home Work campaign logoHome is a special place for most of us. Older & Bolder’s campaign MAKE HOME WORK highlights the obstacles faced by people – older people,  people with chronic illnesses, people with disabilities  - who want to live well at home and who need support to do so. 

Find out more about Make Home Work

Minister Michael Ring and Mary Harkin of Go for LifeMinister Ring announces recipients of Go for Life National Grant Scheme, funded by the Irish Sports Council for Age & Opportunity's Go for Life programme. A total of 906 older groups nationwide will share a sports allocation of €300,000.

Read the full story about the Go for Life Grants announcement

Get Ireland Active Website logoThe HSE, the Irish Sports Council and the Department of Health, with the help of organisations like Go for Life, has just launched the Get Ireland Active website. Use the interactive map on the site to find out where Go for Life sessions are happening across the country. C'mon, let's get Ireland active!

Find out more in our news.

Minister Ring speaking at the Go for Life ten year celebrationOver 1,000 older volunteers from across Ireland joined Minister Michael Ring TD in the Helix in Dublin to celebrate Go for Life's ten years as a national programme.

Read more about Go for Life's big day.

 

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EngAGE TV comes to DCTV (Dublin Community Television).

 

Watch an episode here

 

'Well into Older Age - Age & Opportunity and the Evidence' isCover of Well into Older Age report a report from the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUI Galway, examining what research says about the value of promoting participation of older people.

Read the Well into Older Age press release

Download a PDF of Well into Older Age

For more news, follow this link.