Pictured at Forrest Hall, Mitchelstown where a new 'panic alarm transmitter box' was installed last week were John McCartan, Independent Living Ireland, Ramona Marfievici, Nimbus Centre, Jane O'Flynn, Health Innovation CIT, Pauline Moriarty, Cork County Council, Sean Finn, Mitchelstown Community Council, Cllr Kay Dawson, chairperson Age Friendly Mitchelstown, Patrick Mulvihill, Independent Living Ireland and Liz Downes, Age Friendly Mitchelstown.

Everyone needs a bit of care and support as they get older and as such, a pilot project aimed at offering such help and support is being trialled in Mitchelstown. 

Cork County Council and Enterprise Ireland launched a small business innovation research challenge inviting applicants to deliver innovative ways to help Cork elderly citizens maintain a good quality of life.

The winners of the SBIR were Independent Living Ireland, a social enterprise and Cork City Partnership Friendly Call Services.

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