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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.

What's New

Playing flute at Bealtaine 2010 launchThe dust is settled and the numbers are crunched. Bealtaine 2010 was our biggest  festival ever! We estimate over 101,000 people took part this year.

Read more about our findings.

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

 Read more about the workshops.

Minister Aine BradyÁine Brady TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Older People, acknowledges the role and contribution of older people to society.

Hear what else she had to say about the work of Age & Opportunity

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.

Visible Lives is a research project exploring the lives, experiences and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Ireland who are aged 55 and over.

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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