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Laois Chamber wants the owners of local businesses to appoint a member of staff to be their firms champion for age friendliness and older customers. The ca...

Residents in nursing homes across Wexford can look forward to concerts specially tailored to their tastes throughout the summer months. Covid Care Concerts is an initiative created by acclaimed Irish cellist Gerald Peregrine who wanted to 'bring high quality classical music into the lives of those most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.' In total, ten residential homes will be treated to a classical, opera-based outdoor concert on their grounds as part of an Age Friendly initiative supported by Creative Ireland and Wexford County Council. Five concerts will take place in each nursing home eve...

Such is the breadth of Joe Brennan's back catalogue that within minutes of speaking to someone he can think of a story suited to their needs, a tale likely to capture their imagination. And he will be using that ability, and plenty of others, over the course of the next two months as he begins 'The Tale-a-Phone Exchange', a new campaign launched by Wexford Age Friendly and the Arts Office at Wexford County Council. Starting on Wednesday February 3, Joe will be calling older people across Wexford to tell them a story, one of the many traditional yarns he has written and performed over the cour...