General News Archives - Age Friendly Homes

Limerick City and County Council is inviting registrations for a new Rightsizing Scheme at Radharc Cillín, Kilfinane, Co. Limerick

27/01/2026

Two one-bed apartments are available through this scheme which is entirely voluntary. They are set in a well-established and well-serviced area with plenty of amenities nearby. The rightsizing homes are located in a mixed tenure development, that includes both social and …

Sod turned on 18 new homes in Cork town

26/01/2026

The sod has been turned on an €8.5m housing development in mid-Cork that will deliver 18 new homes and a specialist facility for people who have acquired brain injury. Work …

Mayor’s Official Opening of 13 units under the Capital Assistance Scheme/Charleville Care Project

25/06/2025

The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll, performed the official opening of 13 Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) funded housing units for Older Persons at Charleville Sheltered Housing …

Cycling Without Age

16/06/2025

Cycling Without Age (CWA) is an Irish charity. It’s a nationwide award-winning, volunteer-led, social initiative. Its purpose is to take people unable to walk or cycle for themselves due to …

ICSH Allianz Community Housing Awards 2025 – Applications Deadline 26th May

15/05/2025

The ICSH Allianz Biennial Community Housing Awards offers a platform to demonstrate innovation and sustainability in public housing projects that our approved housing bodies members, local authority partners and the Land Development …

Kildare County Council unveils new housing development at Blackrath Ridge, Athgarvan

23/04/2025

Kildare County Council have announced the completion of a new housing develpoment at Blackrath Ridge, Athgarvan, Co. Kildare. The project has delivered 18 new residential units under the Rebuilding Ireland …

Age Friendly Ireland & Meath County Council visit to Norway

09/04/2025

Age Friendly Ireland and Meath County Council were delighted to visit Oslo recently and present at their national housing conference (Boligpulsen 2025) organised by Husbanken, the Norwegian state housing bank. …

Construction to commence next month on 12 age friendly homes in Kilrush

31/03/2025

Custy Construction Ltd have been appointed by Clare County Council as the contractors for the new development on Black Road. The social housing development is funded by the Department of …

Ministers O’Brien and Dillon announce commencement of revised Housing Adaptation Grants of up to €40,000

13/01/2025

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, and Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Alan Dillon TD jointly announced increased funding in housing grants …

Housing Conditions and Integrated Care for Older People – Report 2024

11/09/2024

Housing Conditions and Integrated Care for Older PeopleTallaght University Hospital and partners, identifying commonhousing conditions affecting older people in South DublinKey Findings and Recommendations Report 2024

National Rollout of Healthy Age Friendly Homes Programme to Empower up to 10,500 Older Adults Annually

16/07/2024

Healthy Age Friendly Homes (HAFH), a first-of-its-kind programme to enable older adults to continue living independently, launches nationwide today (10 July). This joint Health and Local Government programme, recognised globally …

South Dublin County Council’s award-winning Tallaght District Heating Scheme

05/07/2024

South Dublin County Council, award-winning Tallaght District Heating Scheme, which is harnessing wasted heat energy from a nearby Amazon data centre and supplying heat to institutions and homes in Tallaght …

Launch of Universal Design Guidelines for Changing Places Toilets

01/07/2024

Age Friendly Ireland welcomes the launch of Universal Design Guidelines for Changing Places Toilets by Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, in partnership with Accessible EU . We commend all …

Galway City Council Housing Estate ‘An Cliathán’ Receives Irish Construction Excellence Award 2024

24/06/2024

Galway City Council is delighted to congratulate OCC Construction on winning best project in the ‘Residential up to €5M’ category, at the Irish Construction Excellence Awards 2024 for the Galway …

Healthy Age Friendly Homes Weblink

24/06/2024

We are delighted to announce that the Healthy Age Friendly Homes weblink is now accessible through the HSE website click here. We extend our sincere thanks to the HSE …

Mountbellew Age Friendly Homes

17/06/2024

Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council, Cllr. Liam Carroll, and Minister of State Anne Rabbitte T.D., officially turned the sod of a new housing development, currently being delivered by Tuath in …

Cornamona Court has been shortlisted for the The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Public Choice Award

10/06/2024

Age Friendly Ireland are delighted to learn that the Age Friendly Development at Cornamona Court in Dublin has been shortlisted for the RIAI Public Choice Award 2024. The RIAI Public …

Healthy Age Friendly Homes meeting with Thurles Lions Trust Housing Association (TLTHA)

07/06/2024

John McCormack, Chief Executive of the Thurles Lions Trust recently met Healthy Age Friendly Homes Regional Manager Karen Fennessy and Tipperary Co-ordinator Tracey Thompson to discuss areas of collaboration. John …