ARI gains insights from New York Commissioner for Ageing

Active Retirement Ireland Policy & Programmes Manager Alison Bough and New York Commissioner for Ageing Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez at the Health and Community Care Ireland annual conference 2023.

Active Retirement Ireland Policy & Programmes Manager Alison Bough recently attended the Health and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) annual conference where Irish and international thought leaders discussed critical strategies around ageing. A highlight of the conference was Alison’s insightful conversation with Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, the Commissioner of New York’s Department for the Ageing, alongside Irish Minister […]

PRESS RELEASE: Budget 2024 denies older people basic income security

Graphic - Budget 2024

Active Retirement Ireland, the country’s largest membership organisation for older people, says today’s Budget 2024 announcement is a missed opportunity that again denies basic pension adequacy and income security for older people in Ireland. While the charity says it welcomes any increase to income supports for older people who are increasingly at risk of falling […]

Development Newsletter #23

Cover image of Regional Development Newsletter Issue 23. Members of Kill ARA Co. Kildare braving the elements around Mizen Head during their recent trip to West Cork

Issue 23 of the Development Programme Newsletter is now available. In our first edition back after the summer break, find out about what has been happening in the regions over the past few months with news and updates from our National President Kevin Monaghan and Regional Development Officers. There are some great members’ photos in […]