The organisation has been overwhelmed by the support received from the people of Ireland The team atALONE, the organisation that supports older people, have expressed their tremendous gratitude to Gavin James, The Late Late Show, and the people of Ireland for raising more than €150,000 to support their work. The […]
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Individual assessment needed for each family carer As the news emerges that 750 home care workers are to be redeployed to nursing and residential care homes to fill the frontline gaps caused by outbreaks of coronavirus, Family Carers Ireland wishes to reassure family carers that whilst they may lose home […]
Postmasters said today that public safety measures at Post Offices are working well – and thanked the public for its ongoing cooperation. The Irish Postmasters’ Union said Social Protection payments are now grouped into two-week payments and emergency ‘Agent’ measures are in use to enable third parties to collect payments if […]
Minister Ring urges participants on Seniors Alert Scheme to ensure their personal alarm is activated Mr Michael Ring TD, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, has today (Thursday) announced a new befriending phone-call initiative to support participants of the Seniors Alert Scheme, which is being funded by the Department […]
The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has reported that it received approximately 15,000 calls for help during March with Covid-19 measures cited frequently by callers in the last week of the month. “There have been some harrowing messages received with a lot of people experiencing stress, anxiety and dealing […]
AXA Insurance Ireland and Renault Group, along with its dealer network, have joined forces to provide complimentary Renault cars complete with complimentary AXA motor insurance for the next two months for doctors and nurses returning from overseas to support the HSE during the Covid-19 crisis. The only requirement from the medics […]