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Following Primetime Investigates revelations about the effects of State cuts on the lives of family carers, the Carers Association has unveiled its ‘One Voice’ campaign. The organisation is urging Mayo’s 5,440 family carers to join it in the fight for a better life for family carers.

The Regional Alzheimer Society and Local Carers Association have slammed the “eye-opening” findings of RTÉ Prime Time Investigates, which has found that more than 82 per cent of family carers have been affected by cutbacks in State services and are living in poverty.

The Regional Alzheimer Society and Local Carers Association have slammed the “eye-opening” findings of RTÉ Prime Time Investigates, which has found that more than 82 per cent of family carers have been affected by cutbacks in State services and are living in poverty.

Over 10,000 paws took to the streets on Easter Monday, for the second annual Petmania National Dog Walk, in aid of the Carers Association, including some 100 dog walkers in Athlone.

Over 10,000 paws took to the streets on Easter Monday, for the second annual Petmania National Dog Walk, in aid of the Carers Association.

A dog walk in aid of The Carers Association will take place this Monday, April 25 to raise funds for family carers.

The Carers Association Kilkenny will hold their Support Group Meeting at the Parish Centre, Loughboy on Thursday April 28 at 10.30am.

Walk off those Easter eggs and have a fun, family day out on Easter Monday, April 25, at the National Dog Walk in Athlone. The event is being held by Petmania to raise vital funds for The Carers Association’s work supporting voluntary family carers of loved ones who are elderly, seriously ill, people with disabilities, and children with special needs.

In 2010 the Central Statistics Office estimated that Ireland could have as many as 274,000 family carers, an increase of almost 71 per cent on the number of carers counted in the last census in 2006. This would put the number of family carers in Westmeath now at 4,890.    

Following the success of Ireland’s first National Dog Walk, which raised €40,000 for The Carers Association last year, Petmania is asking dog owners to join them on Easter Monday, April 25, for this, the second annual event. The National Dog Walk will see walks starting from 13 of Petmania’s stores nationwide to raise vital funds for family carers. This year marks the first charity dog walk in Athlone with Petmania having opened its new store last year at Fernhill Garden Centre, Ballymahon Road.