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 Christopher J. Verling reports on Positive Ageing Week Thurles 2015.
Positive Ageing Week Thurles 2015 begins tomorrow, with a full programme of events from October 1st to October 8th inclusive.
Sponsorship of all events has been secured by the Positive Ageing Thurles committee, thus making all events, taking place during the week, free of charge, except for the “Trip Around Tipp”.
Positive Ageing Week Thurles 2015 Programme of Events
Thursday 1st October: The “Trip Around Tipp”. Join up for a ramble around South Tipperary with local historian Jimmy Duggan, who returns to demonstrate another side to our Premier County. The tour will take in Ballingarry War House, lunch in Clonmel and then a visit to the Swiss Cottage and St Paul’s Church of Ireland in Cahir. A fee in this case of €10 only will apply, but will cover transport, entrance fees and lunch. Here places are limited and do note this tour does include some walking. Please wear appropriate footwear and rain gear. To reserve your place, contact Thurles Library on Tel: 0504-29720.
Friday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd October: Memoir Writing Workshops in Thurles Library, The Source, Thurles from 12:00noon -1:00 p.m. Here Librarian, M/s Mary McCormack, will facilitate a series of memoir writing workshops, where the participants will be encouraged to write about their memories and experiences. Mary will look at themes like family and home life, school, pastimes, working and social life. The workshops will begin on 2nd October with “Introduction and Family plus Home Life”; 9th October with “School, and Pastimes”; 16th October with “Historical, National Events and Social life”; 23rd October concludes with “Useful Tips and Hints about writing memoirs. Contact Thurles Library on Tel. 0504-29720 to reserve your place. (Note: All these workshops are free of charge.)
Monday 5th October: Musical Entertainment in Golden Years Centre; from 11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Pat Marnane and Fran Curry will sing a selection of your favourite songs, past and present. They have been performing for many years in Ireland, the U.K. and the U.S. Audience members will be welcome to sing along or perform a party piece. For more info. contact M/s Catherine Hayes, Tel. 0504 27654.
Also happening on Monday 5th October, Join together for BINGO in the Community Hospital of the Assumption from 2:00p.m. – 3:30 p.m. This event as always promises to be a fun afternoon with lots of spot prizes. Refreshments will be also provided. For more info. contact M/s Deirdre Mullen on Tel. 0504 27700.
Tuesday 6th October: Card Making Workshop. Mrs Nancy Tynan will facilitate a card making workshop on Tuesday, in the Order of Malta Hall, Borroway, Thurles from 2:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. At this workshop you will get hands-on experience in card making and will leave with a beautiful, hand-crafted card, made by you. To book your place for this event, do call Mobile 086 8038820.
Wednesday 7th October: Celebration Mass & Tea Dance
Venue: Anner Hotel; 2:00p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Join the celebration of Mass, followed by a Tea Dance, with music provided by Tina McGarry. Anyone who requires assistance with transport please call the Order of Malta, who will be on hand to assist.
Thursday 8th October: Lár na Páirce GAA Museum Tour, Slievenamon Road, Thurles, beginning at 11:00 a.m. The Positive Ageing Week festivities come to an end with a tour of the local GAA museum. To book a place on this tour please telephone Mobile 086 3903396.
The Positive Ageing Thurles committee would like to express their gratitude to the following:- The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Thurles Credit Union, Thurles Lions Club and the Health Service Executive (HSE).
Please do inform elderly parents and their friends of these upcoming events.
 With heart disease now acknowledged as responsible for the highest death rates in Ireland, Anner Hotel Leisure Centre staff here in Thurles have vowed to assist both their Leisure Centre members and the general public in their quest to achieve better overall heart health.
To this end therefore they have held various events, each open to the general public, e.g. On September 1st last, a talk on how to have a healthy heart and C.P.R demonstrations performed by a local paramedic.
Free Blood Pressure Road Show – Tuesday September 29th 2015, supported by Medtronic.
On Tuesday September 29th 2015 from 10:00am–1:00pm the Blood Pressure Road Show will be on site at the Anner Hotel, taking free blood pressure readings and giving out result cards.
Note: This event is readily open to the general public.
For more information please feel free to contact the Anner Leisure Centre on Tel: 0504 21164.
To further facilitate those unable to attend on the morning of Tuesday September 29th 2015, this Mobile Clinic will move to a new located on Lower Liberty Square, Thurles, (Positioned outside Catherine Maher Pharmacy and Mary Duffy Hair Salon – by the kind assistance and permission of Templemore / Thurles Municipal District Council), from 2:00pm – 6:00pm.
So please do take the chance to avail of this wonderful opportunity to have your blood pressure checked, in the certain and clear knowledge that there are no fee’s payable for this service and no donations expected.
As stated, this Clinic is operated by the Irish Heart Foundation and for more advice on ‘Healthy Heart’ please CLICK HERE.
 Yoga Thurles Workshops.
Yoga Thurles will present two Yoga Workshops this coming weekend, especially for Tipperary’s youth.
Both these workshops will take place on this coming Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 at the popular venue; the Angel Shop, Baker Street, (Accessed off Friar Street, or via the Parnell Street Car park) here in Thurles.
The first Workshop will begin with ‘Yoga for Children’, ages 8-12 years old, from 11:00am to 1:00pm, and this will be followed by ‘Yoga for Teens’, latter whose ages range from 13-19 years old, beginning sharp at 2:00pm until 4:00pm
Children and Teen Yoga.
Children and teenage Yoga classes are both based on exploring and connecting to all around us and our inner selves. These workshops will explore why Yoga, in recent times, has become so popular; such as:-
(1) How does Yoga benefit the body and mind, helping us to find simple ways to rebalance in our busy everyday lives.
(2) What different postures do for us and how the body works better from a simple Yoga practice.
(3) How to breathe better and why we should.
(4) How to tell when we are stressed and what we can do to reduce this stress.
This Saturday, these workshops will be led by M/s Marie Mills, latter a ‘Stress Reduction Specialist’ and ‘Yoga Practitioner’ here in Thurles and the upcoming workshops will cover topics such as; mindfulness, meditation, relaxation, simple visualisations, mind mapping and creative bursts.
Reading will also comes alive with Yoga and is a highlight at these workshops, with those attending using and creating various postures to bring the story alive. Yoga Thurles always remind students, “if it’s not fun…it’s not Yoga”.
Note: The cost of these workshops is €20 for each workshop and Booking is Essential.
For further information contact Marie Mills on Tel: 086-1778369 or why not visit www.yogamariemills.com or the Yoga Thurles Facebook page.
 “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Matthew 15:27.
The long promised provision of free GP care for Tipperary residents, aged over 70 years old, will begin from today.
This provision is understood to be the next step towards the present Government’s plans for its long promised Universal Healthcare and follows the recent controversial roll-out of free GP care for all children under 6 years, latter introduced last month.
These new introduced health measures will apply to more 35,000 people nationally who qualify as being 70 years of age and over and who do not currently hold a Medical or GP visiting card.
This new provision is expected to cost the state between €18 and €20 million per year. Same costs are therefore reasonable when taxpayers consider that €1,016,924 (Over One Million) in special allowances, (including €610,763 for public relations) was paid out to cover just 29 Labour /Fine Gael government ministers and TD’s; to boost that little-known ‘Special Secretarial Allowance’ (Click Here – it is a must read) since the General Election of 2011 of which Tipperary TD’s, namely Mr Alan Kelly and Mr Tom Hayes, respectively, gleaned €89,269.00 (A.K. €9,000.00 for IT, Training & Public Relations) plus €18,581.00 (T.H. €7,933.00 for PR), which collectively amounts to €107,850.00, courtesy of Irish citizens generosity.
However on a positive note, both these health moves will be seen as an important step forward in achieving Universal Health Care; with the youngest and oldest in Irish society now able to access GP care without being charged.
Although the scheme will be observed as good news for Ireland’s elderly, those now eligible for free GP care, under this scheme, will not have access to Allied Health Care Professionals, e.g. Public Health Nurses and Physiotherapists.
For those who do not currently hold a Medical or GP visiting card and wish to Register Online click HERE.
 Your prayers are required tonight for a three-year-old Tipperary boy who is reported to be in a critical condition, following an accident at a hotel swimming pool.
The incident occurred shortly before 2:00pm today at the three-star, 25-bedroomed Quality Hotel, Redbarn, Youghal, in east Co. Cork.
The boy and his family were understood to be in the leisure centre swimming pool when the boy got into difficulty.
The boy, who was on holidays with his family, was taken from the water by two lifeguards who administered CPR before he was immediately airlifted to Cork University Hospital by the Waterford-based Coast Guard helicopter.
The four-year-old has since been transferred to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, this evening.
Gardaí are investigating, however the incident is being treated as an unfortunate workplace accident.
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