Limerick under 21 hurlers managed by Ciaran Carey defeated a fancied Waterford Under 21 Hurling side by 13 points at WalshPark last night, a week of turmoil in Waterford it seems with their seniors beaten well at the Gaelic Grounds last Sunday by a resurgent Clare Team. To add to Waterford’s woes Justin Mcarthy resigned last night.
Ciaran Carey’s good luck seems to have continued into this season from last season where he successfully managed the Limerick Senior Camogie team to win two trophies, the All Ireland Gala B Division and a National League and promotion to the top flight ensued.
Waterford had previously beaten Limerick at this level for the past two seasons. Limerick had Nicky Quaid in goals son of the legendary and the late Tommy Quaid Limerick Goalie ,five players from the Limerick Senior Team were involved .Seamus Hickey was in excellent form in the defence, Richie McCarthy and Graeme Mulcahy scored early goals as Limerick led at half time by 2-6 to 0-4.
Eoin Ryan Kilmallock score nine points on the night to seal victory and set up a titanic clash with old rivals Tipperary in the semi- final .
The Limerick Branch of the Caring for Carers aims to promote the health, well-being and quality of life of family carers and those for whom they care. It provides recognition, respite care; information, training and advocacy to promote social inclusion.Carers are dedicated people at all levels of society who care in the home for older people, people with a disability and those with a long term illness. They are of any age and come all backgrounds. Ireland has over 300,000 carers ,it is not hard to work out how much this is saving our government a year (to have a relative in a private nursing home can cost over 800 euros a month).It is a 24 x 7 job daily which requires a major commitment. It is a tiring and stressful also, one always thinks of the future for the person one looks after, carers own health and well-being is a priority. The Limerick City Branch is one of 50 throughout Ireland,Newcastlewest has a Carers Support Group .A Carer can be a lonely existence so that is why it is important to be a member of a support group ,contact training can be provided ,promotes better support for carers also. It works with the HSE, Soroptimists International Limerick and District, Irish Red Cross Society affiliated to the National Health Promoting Hospitals Network, Care Alliance Ireland, and The European Health Management Association.
National Carers Week from Monday 9th of June to Friday 13th June from 10 am – 1.00 pm, Monday there will be Poetry, Tuesday First Aid, Wednesday Beauty Demonstration, Thursday Art Display and Music and Friday Flower Arranging.
Contact: 061 469484 or email caringforcarerslimerick at eircom dot net
Since I set up this site site which has now over 28,000 hits,i have received very positive responses from people in the older age bracket,the most recent comment which i received is posted here.
“What national channel? I gave up on tv 15 years ago, I haven’t even got a set. In the residential home where I work, we have a giant HD set and the poor old ladies have nothing to watch on it. They are bored senseless, apart from Fair City , they watch the news and even that disappoints cos we’re never mentioned. i take in my laptop and show them youtube videos and they really love seeing local farmers silaging, local fairs and even the stuff teenagers post. Some of them haven’t left the place in 5 years so even a video of the local main street is really appreciated. Time for RTE to decentralise and hand over to the counties, and instead of highy paid proffessionals, local talent. “
When we think of the internet we think it can only be utilised by a younger generation who spend their time surfing the net on Bebo,My Space ,brought up with games so there is a natural progression.
With the introduction of Broadband to the the rural country locations in Ireland ,more and more people are taking up on it and buying a computer ,there are now more Adult training courses as run in the local college in Croom by Colaiste Chiarain www.cco.ie
These well run courses are taking the fear factor away for a generation of people who never had the opportunity to use a computer.Dublin City Council and Age Action Ireland have come together and made a video about Training for older people in the basics of computing and the Internet. The Video can be seen in this post.
Age Action Ireland is the national independent organisation on ageing and older people. It acts as a network of organisations and individuals including older people and carers of older people. It is a development agency promoting better policies and services for older people in an ageing society.
