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The cross-border research report, Social Exclusion and Ageing in Diverse Rural Communities, will be launched by Minister Kathleen Lynch TD (Minister of State for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People in Ireland) and Minister Michelle O’Neill MLA (Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland) on Monday the 20th of February 2012. The launch, which will include a presentation of findings and a panel discussion, will take place in the Aula Maxima on the NUI Galway campus.

The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology and Trinity College Dublin has the pleasure of launching a national report entitled 'CREATING EXCELLENCE IN DEMENTIA CARE: A Research Review for Ireland’s National Dementia Strategy' by Suzanne Cahill, Eamon O’Shea & Maria Pierce.

The report will be launched at a national conference entitled 'Developing a National Dementia Strategy' to be held in Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday 18th January 2012.

The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology is delighted to have been accepted as a member of the IAGG’s Global Ageing Research Network (GARN). The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics is creating a network of more than 500 international centres of excellence on ageing to foster the scientific development of gerontology and geriatrics around the world.  GARN will develop international research capacity in ageing research and provide a valuable means of exchanging information.

NUI Galway and COPE Galway have been collaborating successfully for a number of years across a wide and varied range of projects. The partnership was formally ratified in December 2009 where a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Professor James J. Browne, President of NUI Galway, and John Concannon, Chairman of COPE Galway. Since then, the staff, students and service users across both organisations have been immersed in projects which have been hugely beneficial to the both partners and ultimately the community of Galway.