What a pleasure to welcome a great group of older adult learners & educators from Kuopio,Finland this week to share best practice in community based adult education and age friendly practice. Marjo Markkanen Kirsti Turunen Age Friendly Ireland Learning Limerick Catherine McGuigan Linda ledger

You can rush to do things or you can choose to take the time to water the flowers... if e just choose to water the flowers, what a wonderful world we would live in. Age Friendly Ireland Catherine McGuigan @edmonds_walsh Yongjie Yon (also on Bluesky) mike hanrahan

Some pictures from the Mayo Older Person's Council Information Day. Thank you to all who attended! A great turnout. Mayo County Council AGEFRIENDLYMAYO

Great event and well worth a visit. Age Friendly Ireland Catherine McGuigan Learning Limerick @

What a pleasure to host a group of Norwegian older people from Nordland Council today here to learn about age friendly practices. Age Friendly Ireland Catherine McGuigan LEO Clare Age Friendly Clare @edmonds_walsh AgeFriendlyOH Adrienne McCann @LorraineCortesV

TY Claudia Mahler - UN Independent Expert for raising awareness of abuse of older persons. UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) offers a unique 10-year opportunity for a step change in how abuse of older people is tackled.👇🏻 who.int/publications/i…

Delighted to connect w/ Panu Saaristo on advancing the MOU btw WHO/Europe IFRC Europe. Eager to work on our joint efforts on UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030), focusing on: 🏙️ Age-friendly environments 🧠 Mental well-being of older individuals ‼️ Integrating ageing into emergencies … & more

#Ageism is discrimination against someone because of their age.  There are 3 types of ageism: 1Institutional ageism 2Interpersonal ageism 3Self-directed ageism Ageism is often dismissed but evidence shows it causes significant damage to individuals, economy & society 👇🏻

So sad not to be attending this year's Age Friendly Ireland awards. Best of luck to all the shortlisted projects in the 8 categories. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Come visit Limerick. You won't be disappointed. 👍😉👍😉👍😉

Limerick-known for its unique spirit,the friendliness of its people,sporting passion,vibrant cultural scene and enthralling history. There's loads to keep you busy. Check out limerick.ie limerickgreenway.ie discoverlimerickpass.com you won't be disappointed. 🇮🇪🇳🇬

********Dog Lovers********* "Instead of banning a breed why not implement a plan of responsible dog breeding, ownership and welfare?" PLEASE READ this wonderful article by dog behaviourist, Suzi Walsh thejournal.ie/readme/xl-bull…

Great work done to launch this strategy, the result of extensive consultation with older people in limerick. Delighted to have played a part in its publication. Congratulations to Catherine Bowes Kelly and the Older Peoples Council chaired by Elizabeth Stanley. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Delighted to welcome John Moran, Mayor of Limerick to Kilmallock today to re-launch We're Breastfeeding Friendly Limerick & to open a participatory art exhibition created by Limerick mums 🙏 to artist mtwjewellery guest speaker @deshocks staff Limerick Libraries #breastfeeding  #breastfeedingweek

It was a pleasure to sit on the panel for this event. What a rewarding few days. The training provided was excellently delivered and the learnings will help in promoting the benefits of community sponsorship programmes in Ireland.

Animal welfare groups support MSP’s Bill calling for a ban on greyhound racing in Scotland. Presented by Mark Ruskell, the bill has cross-party support and backing from nine animal welfare organisations. It's time to end this cruel and outdated practice. buff.ly/HLaFa5v

We are so lucky in the Mid-West to have an airport so highly regarded...... and the customer numbers are steadily rising too. Planned extensions to the parking facilities speaks volumes about the future. Congratulations to all the staff because nothing happens without them.

So delighted to be awarded the council community engagement award at tonight's #ipbpop pride of place national awards. A great win for a great community development team who work every day to support, collaborate and co-design with community groups across limerick. #Limerick.ie

Limerick City and County Council is pleased to announce the deployment of Community Safety Wardens across Limerick City Centre. The wardens, John, Valeriia and Christine, will act as ambassadors for Limerick, wearing distinctive green jackets and offering a warm welcome and