Annual Christmas competition is back
12 November, 2021
The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland’s popular Christmas competition is back and older photographers are being encouraged …
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ScamwiseNI Partnership celebrates five years of success
10 November, 2021TODAY, (November 10th) marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the ScamwiseNI Partnership. The initiative was started by a number of or…
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Statement from the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Eddie Lynch, in relation to two week extension for Spend Local cards:
03 November, 2021The Commissioner for Older People has welcomed the move by the Minister for the Economy to extend the deadline for people to use their Spend…
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Statement from the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Eddie Lynch, in relation to verifying identity for Spend Local cards:
29 October, 2021The Commissioner has received a small number of complaints about care home residents and is aware of reports in the media about people havin…
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Commissioner welcomes easing of restrictions in care homes
20 October, 2021The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Eddie Lynch, has welcomed the news that restrictions will ease further in care homes…
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A message from the Commissioner for Older People, Eddie Lynch on International Day of Older Persons 2021:
01 October, 2021On this day last year, we were still very much in the of the height of the pandemic and hopes of an effective vaccine seemed like a very dis…
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Commissioner calls on Minister for urgent support to help vulnerable people with energy costs.
30 September, 2021The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Eddie Lynch, has called on the Minister for Communities, Deirdre Hargey, to urgently…
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Commissioner welcomes booster vaccine being rolled out in care homes
29 September, 2021The Commissioner for Older People, Eddie Lynch, said: “I very much welcome the timely rollout of the booster vaccine which will provide vita…