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The Carers Association and Petmania Kilkenny are calling all dog lovers to take part in the Kilkenny leg of The National Dog Walk, which takes place this Easter Monday, April 5.

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Grandparents take note, the second ever National Grandparents’ Pilgrimage has been scheduled for Knock Shrine on Sunday September 14.

Carlow man James Corcoran will accept the honour of Leinster carer of the year this Thursday night at a special award ceremony convened by the Carers’ Association.

A dedicated Galway-based husband and father was named on Saturday as Carer of the Year at the National Carer ceremony.

A new patient forum designed to enable patients, staff and members of the public to have a say in the quality of services being provided at Mayo General Hospital was launched by Stephen McMahon, Chairman of the Irish Patients’ Association, at the hospital on Thursday December 18.

If you are parenting alone then you can go along to a support group in Ballina at the Family Resource Centre on Mondays at 7.30pm or Wednesdays at 11am.

Socáir, a new service recently launched in Galway, will enable older people to live in their own homes by providing 24 hour, long-term, live in, practical, and cost effective non-medical care.

Carers across Westmeath are outraged that Government might consider targeting carers allowances for budgetary cuts. Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin, has suggested that the cost cutting board set up by the Taoiseach to reduce departmental spending may focus on cutting recently introduced increases such as the half-rate Carers Allowance introduced two years ago. The Carers Association in Westmeath has been inundated with calls from carers across the county, angry and very worried over Minister Hanafin’s comments.  

According to Deputy Willie Penrose, Family and Social Affairs Minister Mary Hanafin should keep her hands off the carers allowance as the Government tries to dig its way out of a financial hole of it’s own making.