As our regular readers will be aware, we often look to Europe as we compare the lives of the members of the Irish seniors to those who live on the mainland of Europe. Sometimes these comparisons can be of interest and at times dispel the notions we are way behind our EU partners. To be …
One day with the Romanian Ambassador in Kilkenny On the 4th of November 2021 Twilight Community Group was the host of H.E. Laurentiu-Mihai STEFAN the Ambassador of Romania in Ireland, and his wife Georgeta Bratu. For the first time in history, Kilkenny city was hosting a high rank official from Romania. This didn’t just happen. …
Lifetime Music Stories By Liviu Iftime Kilkenny is set to host at the beginning of November just before her birthday, Aleka Potinga, the Romanian rising jazz singer in Ireland. Born in Timisoara, Romania, Aleka has fast become one of the rising jazz vocalists on the Irish jazz scene. She has a Bachelor of Arts in …
Lend a Helping Hand This Winter This Week the government launched their get winter ready programme. We recently highlighted what we thought was important for our seniors and at Twilight Community group we believe we can never have enough information when it comes to our safety. So, we have decided, as the temperature dropped over …
Now with great fanfare and TV and print media worldwide we were told that our world leaders have taken on the battle to save Humanity form Humanity itself! Ironic really. The event was Cop 26 in Glasgow. The came from all over the world on trains, planes, and automobiles. A Presidential motorcade of at least …
The Polish Ambassador to Ireland, Anna Sochańska, took part in the Twilight Community Group’s series of Interviews as part of their Communicating EU Programmes and gave us an insight in to the person behind the title of Ambassador. The interview took place in the wonderful and comfortable surroundings of the Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin. (Left) …
The ever-expanding Twilight Community Group are currently involved in two government supported projects. Over the past number of weeks, the finishing touches of their ‘International Community festival’ supported by the Department of Justice and Department of foreign Affairs supported programme ‘Communicating EU’ project. The communities and countries involved in the International Community Festival are from …
Since in formation over 10 years ago the Kilkenny Older People’s Council has served the seniors of our city and county with distinction. From the very first chairperson, the wonderful but unfortunately now departed Nora Webster, to the current incumbent Betty Dewberry, continues to raise issues of concern not just locally but nationally. It was …
It appears the much-mooted €5 increase to the State pension has been ruled out of next month’s Budget in favour of social welfare hikes for working-aged people, according to a report in the Irish Independent today. Some years ago, we all remember the advert, ‘could yah show me a metre’ well as this will be …
