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A NEW CHRISTMAS advert is urging older people not to be afraid to ask for help during the festive period.
The ad highlights the simple tasks, like changing a lightbulb, that cause difficulties for older people and that they often require help with – though many would not want to burden someone with it.
Sean Moynihan, CEO of Alone said this year’s ad is about rights. It is about reminding older people they not only deserve to live with dignity, but they have the right to.
“We want them to know that they have a right to be supported, to receive the care they need and to live in a place of their own choosing,” he said.
Many older people think that by asking for help and support they are bothering people. We want them to know that they deserve more than a little help and support and they shouldn’t be afraid to ask for it. For those who may feel that they have no one to ask for help, Alone offers supports and services that can link older people back in with their community and neighbours.
Moynihan said Christmas can be an especially isolating time for older people, particularly those who have no loved ones to share it with.
“Our campaign is reminding the Irish public that many older persons within their community need help and support. We are asking people to check in on their older neighbours, for a cup of tea, a quick word of kindness or just to see if they need a lift to the shops,” he said.
The charity’s volunteers will be visiting older people each week in the run up to Christmas, it will host a dinner dance and deliver hundreds of Christmas hampers and dinners.
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Just imagine how many innocent people would have been put to death if the death penalty was still in use in Britain…….a statistic which will ensure that it will not return.
I agree in some ways that the death penalty should never be implemented in any country as it has been used many times without proper management but having said that, with the amount of progress in the world of science and forensics I think there maybe a case for it in certain circumstances… Let’s see .. Mmmmm… Charles Taylor for one, Robert Mugabe for two, general butt naked(Liberia) for three, who by the way he openly admitted the responsibility of 20,000 deaths, so in many cases world wide it may be a deterrent, I personally would have put Fr Brendan Smyth on that list.
Re “the amount of progress in the world of science and forensics” check out Fred Zain on wikipedia.
Not to mention the spurious forensics in the cases of the Guildford 4 and the Birmingham 6.
It is not really a matter of our own gut reaction to horrific crimes, but rather are we willing to give the state the right to execute its own citizens.
Looking at the mess successive governments have made and seen first hand the self serving agenda of the judiciary, it would be a very dangerous route to go down.
Well looks like Britain has had enough and are thinking of bringing back the death penalty.. Of course amnesty international say it’s a ” relic of the past” just like the Irish political system.
Clever move by TD Aine Collins – question Gay Mitchell on Paul Hill letter. Gay can only come out of this well – so his ratings should rise. Very machiavellian!!
Yeh, well spotted Gerry. Oh to have a President who is genuinely above all this party politics!
Agree with you on that comment Kenneth…….just like the present one who was given the nod by the politicians….excluding the citizens the right to vote for the president of their country..banana republic.
Firstly ‘Miss Piggygate’ and then ‘Norris the Paedo-lover-gayte’. How many people work in the FG Smear Squad???
Wish I could agree, Phil, as I respect David Norris, but he did exactly what was alleged on this occasion, and thus, it’s not a smear.
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