ALONE has welcomed the announcement by Minister of State for Older People Kathleen Lynch TD that she intends to review the Fair Deal Nursing Home Scheme. We welcome the opportunity to review a system that has a lot of good thinking in it but falls down in terms of implementation; a lack of training for [...]

The following text is taken from an article All By Myself, by journalist Chrissie Russell in the Irish Independent. Sean is a resident in ALONE Walk, one of our housing developments for older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. ALONE Supportive Housing offers secure tenancies for life, in comfortable homes. All residents [...]

Hurry Hurry Hurry! The deadline is fast approaching for registration for The Flora Women’s Mini Marathon, the biggest all-women’s event of its kind in the world.

ALONE has issued a statement welcoming the recommendations of the Seanad Committee in relation to bolstering the rights of older people. To read our  statement please click here Seanad Committee Recommendations Re Rights of Older People. As the Committee Chairman, Senator Denis O’Donovan, points out, in the next three decades, the number of people in [...]

Download the March 2012 Newsletter here 35 YEARS SUPPORTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED In 2012 we celebrate the work of those who have contributed to ALONE over the last 35 years and reaffirm our commitment to be there for the older people who need us. NATIONWIDE RTÉ One’s hugely popular news magazine programme Nationwide featured [...]

Pictured from left to right; ALONE Chairman Pat Morgan, ALONE CEO Seán Moyhihan, Ms Sabina Higgins, President Michael D. Higgins, ALONE Volunteer Sinead Howard, ALONE Volunteer Sr. Mary Dempsey. President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina welcomed representatives from ALONE to Áras an Uachtaráin on St. Patrick’s day. In doing so the President recognised [...]

The body of an older man who died alone in a small terraced house in Wexford town at Christmas lay undiscovered until a woman passing on the street noticed a Christmas tree with lights on. Thinking it unusual she called the Garda. When gardaí gained access to the house on Lower John Street in the [...]

This year ALONE marks three and a half decades of befriending, supporting and providing homes for older people in need. When ALONE was founded in 1977, the country faced economic challenges. Like now, it was a time of rising fuel prices and budgetary cut-backs. Our work was begun by a handful of people moved into [...]

ALONE was the beneficiary of a donation of €2,000 from the charity, The Hospital Saturday Fund, at a special event in the Mansion House in Dublin recently. Pictured at the event was ALONE Housing Support worker Elaine Phelan receiving the donation on behalf of ALONE from The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Andrew Montague, Vice-President of [...]

ALONE has issued a statement to support the call for a national bin charge waiver system. This system could be fair and transparent and targetted at relieving those most in need who in practical terms actually produce marginal quantities of waste. We welcome Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan’s pledge to deal with the issue [...]