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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

Martha Jane Duggan (059) 913 6247 - 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
Cork County Michael Crowley (021) 466 5081 - LSP
Cork City Eithne Lydon (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 9502 - 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) 746 860 - LSP

Kerry

Cora Carrig (021) 718 4776 - LSP
Anne Culloty (064) 70 767 - HSE

Kildare

Eddie Hennessy (045) 450 609 - 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

Geraldine Delorey (071) 985 2000 - HSE
Simone Egan (071) 965 0498 - LSP

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 3407 - 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) 985 2000 - HSE
Deirdre Lavin (071) 916 151 - 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

Peter Jones (058) 21 191 - 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
 

 

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

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Read more about Visible Lives.

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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