Greystones Active Retirement Assoc.

 HOLIDAY TO LAKE GUARDA AND VERONA IN ITIALY

1st week October. Booking days are Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11.30 am at Kilian Family Centre. The cost is €825 PPS with €40 per night single supp..

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If you want up to date information on offers & discounts as they arrive, just let us know your email address and will forward the information as we receive it 

ESB Sponsoring Positive Ageing Week

24th Sept-2nd October 2010

Dublin Tourism 10% discount for GARA members to various events. 

 Activities of GARA

Welcome to the Greystones Active Retirement (GARA) website. Here you will find all the news,activities & things to do in Greystones every week and what's planned for the next few months.Greystones ARA actively encourages all people over 50 to join in, stay in contact and enjoy life in our beautiful town. You will find an activity for everyone and the facilities available to our members are excellent.Looking to the future,GARA hope to develop as an integerated part of the life for all elderly people in Greystones.

 With the benefits of the website we hope to be able to bring you up to date information online, which means it will be available at the touch of a button. We will also provide links to other areas of community interest and  matters of importance to association members as it arises. Plese note that our "Things to do" page has a weekly update of news and events in Greystones . 

Greystones Active Retirement Association is open to all people, aged 50 years and over living in the Greystones, Co Wicklow area. GARA aims to offer opportunities for retired people to engage in a range of activities- including cultural pursuits, learning programmes, sporting activities and interesting outings and holidays,                     both at home and abroad 

Printed newsletters  are also circulated to all members but we hope that the website will also be used to enhance and publicise our activities into the future. Our current membership stands at approx 370 making it the largest ARA in Wicklow. 

 Click here for 2010 membership    form

Events Summer 2010

Ardgillan House in Skerries 30th June

 Boat cruise on Shannon-11th August

Kilruddery 1st week in September 

Trip to Verona, Italy 1st week October

GARA Art Exhibition in Greystones Library January 2011

 Harbour     development

Interesting Items

Wicklow Tourism promotional video on Co. Wicklow Click here

Rathdown Park Residents Assoc. Click Here

Website aimed at getting the eldery moving again Click here 

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.Nordic walking classes in              ..Killruddery House:   see          ...website 

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                      Killruddery Garden

Old British Pathe footage of Greystones Harbour Swimming Gala from 1926. Click Here 

Email GARA

Email us at TheGara@ireland.com 

Aircoach 

Aircoach to Dublin Airport

Click above for new timetable. Every half hour at busy times from Greystones

Local News

This weeks local news from the Bray People 

 Tidy Towns- Greystones

We love our attractive roads,parks & open spaces. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Don't leave it to someone else. Phone Marie 287 4946. The overall score for Greystones in 2009 was 257 as against 247 in 2008- Results 2008 (inPdf format)

                         Nat'l Spring Clean

Security Pendants for members.  Just to remaind you that these pendants remain the property of GARA or other agencies and should not be "passed on" or transferred to others, or scrapped. If they are not being used or no longer necessary, please return them so they can be reallocated appropriately.

Follow the news about Wicklow Hospice developments 

 European senior citizens get highly discounted rail fares in Ireland. Watch www.irishrail.ie and Failte Ireland websites

      La train  en  Irlande-  Zug  in   Irland 

 Fáilte romhat go dtí Golden Ireland - a new and exciting website for the over 55's in Ireland. 

If you are over 55 in Ireland, there are fantastic offers available from "Golden Year's" hotel offers to discounts at museums, golf clubs, restaurants etc.  - it's one of the perks of getting older

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