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INDIE-FOLK singer-songwriter Eoin Dolan, best known as leader of blues/roots/folk-pop band The Followers Of Otis, has released a new Christmas single in aid of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland.

Celebrating its 20th birthday this year, the Alzheimer Society Annual Tea Day on Thursday May 1 is the main national fundraising event to provide funds to help and support almost 42,000 families affected by Alzheimer’s nationwide.

What do you know about Alzheimer’s disease? For many people, it is perceived as an ‘old person disease’. Those who know something about Alzheimer’s have generally been exposed to the disease at some personal level, either through a family member or relative living with it or the experience of a friend or colleague.

The Reserve is a seven-piece Castlebar based band with a focus on original material combined with some strong classics. Born out of the well-known band The Reserved Moments, to date they have released a single, “It’s Crazy/Tough on You” (2010) and an album Distracted (2012). Two members of the band, David Tuomey and Kelvin Frain, write the band’s material and have also been involved in some very successful fundraising projects that have helped fund the setting up of a school in Ghana and supported the Alzheimer Society in the west of Ireland.

Share a treasured memory of someone special in your life, this is the message from The Alzheimer Society of Ireland as it launches its annual Christmas Memory Ribbon Campaign.

Veteran basketball superstars from the 1980s will be in Galway this weekend for the inaugural Galway Masters International Basketball Tournament.

The Kilkenny Alzheimer Society of Ireland is the leading dementia specific service provider in Ireland. The Society provides people with all forms of dementia, their families and carers with information and support to maximise their quality of life and facilitate their continued independent living within the community.