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Conference on Ageing and Ageism This Saturday![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Senator Mary White will be holding a conference on ‘A New Approach to Ageing and Ageism’ this Saturday 6th May at 9.30am in the Berkeley Court Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The conference boasts a strong and diverse line-up. It will include Mr. Paul Murray, Head of Communications with Age Action Ireland who will discuss “Ageism in 21st Century Ireland”, and Councillor Éibhlin Byrne, Chairwoman of the National Council on Ageing and Older People, will speak on the topic, “Community Care versus Institutional Care”. Also speaking at the conference will be Professor Seamus Caulfield, formerly of UCD and lead archaeologist on the Céide Fields project in Co. Mayo Speaking ahead of the event, Senator White said that: “Older people have the potential to be a powerful political lobby; and it is clear to me that they will not, nor should they have to, put up with feeling ‘fobbed off’ by the Government any longer”. |
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