Agnes McManus Dulake

Wife, Mother, Nurse, H Dip, PG Dip, MSc Advanced Leadership, MSc Advanced Practice, Advanced Nurse Practitioner & Operational lead, ICPOP Cavan Monaghan.

[Corlough Community First Responders @corloughcfr]

Saturday morning recertification and training for new members of the group, instructors and first responders volunteering over the bank holiday weekend to provide this vital service to the West Cavan community, thank you all.

[Agnes McManus Dulake @AMacDulake]

Saturday morning completing First Responder training for Corlough CFR, covering Basic life support, AED, Chest pain, Stroke and Choking, great engagement from old and new recruits, ready to respond to calls from NAS in our local community. #NAS #CFR

[Corlough Community First Responders @corloughcfr]

Corlough CFR Saturday morning training continues, recertification of members every 2 years and training the new recruits, great to see new volunteers coming onboard to support our local communities #cpr #CFR

[Agnes McManus Dulake @AMacDulake]

We were delighted to share our experience of Storm Eowyn, work with Cavan PPN, to support ourselves in times of need, this is something that always resonates with me about living where we do, it is great to continue this heritage of meitheal and working together in times of need.

[Henry McKean @HenryMcKean]

Podcast: A community in West Cavan left with no electricity for best part of a month https://t.co/njtMUFJBzF via @NewstalkFM

[Tom O'Dowd @todowd]

The phones haven’t stopped all morning in the practice. Yet we’ve had 9 patients DNA’ing. Meaning 9 urgent cases can’t be seen today. We even send reminder SMS’s the day before. DNAs are a big problem for primary and secondary care. @HSELive @ICGPnews @IMO_IRL

[National Dementia Services @dementia_office]

Wishing you a very Happy Christmas from all of the team. Thank you for your continued support to raise awareness for dementia during 2025, and for standing with the many thousands of families affected across Ireland. Painting by Marguerite Keating, Member of @IrishDementiaWG

[National Dementia Services @dementia_office]

The Memory Assessment Support Service in Wexford are recruiting a permanent Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine (1 WTE). This post is now live. Closing date 18th December. Further information: https://t.co/3QuvxNc4pF - Please retweet

[National Dementia Services @dementia_office]

The Memory Assessment Support Service in Donegal are recruiting a permanent Consultant Neurologist
(1 WTE). This post is now live on public jobs. Closing date 18th December. Further information: https://t.co/Vj0msZUILr - Please retweet

[Dervila Eyres @DervilaEyres]

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming our HSE CEO @BernardGloster to Cavan and Monaghan. Bernard spent time with our teams, patients, service users and their families listening to their experiences of working and receiving care here in @HSEDubNorthEast and @CavanMonaghanH1

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[Ian Kremer @LEAD_Coalition]

Think it’s just aging? Why dementia is missed for 3.5 years on average https://t.co/zO3XlFfopp via @UCL

#Alzheimers #dementia #health #wellness

[The Alzheimer Society of Ireland @alzheimersocirl]

It's #WorldBrainDay2025. You cannot cure Alzheimer’s disease but growing scientific evidence indicates that by keeping your brain, your body and your heart healthy you can reduce your risk of developing it and other types of dementia.

🔗https://t.co/mxDjdDEE2j

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, including two new risks—high cholesterol and vision loss, suggests report from the Lancet Commission on dementia.

On #WorldBrainDay, explore the report ➡️ https://t.co/HSpiSmecMD

[Craic Of The Ash @CraicOfTheAsh]

Olympian Sharlene Mawdsley racing Tipp lads at 6am after a few pints 🤣

[Cavan County Council @cavancoco]

The Florencecourt Road out of Blacklion is currently impassable due to flooding. Please avoid the area for the present. Diversions will be signposted.

[The Sunday Game @TheSundayGame]

"My mother has probably swallowed her rosary beads and my father has probably the cows milked three times with nervousness. I'm so thrilled for everybody."

Tipperary manager Liam Cahill said he never doubted his players, going from a low ebb to glory. #sundaygame

[Agnes McManus Dulake @AMacDulake]

@daraobriain Fabulous display by Tipperary in the second half, what was said to them at half time?

[National Dementia Services @dementia_office]

Reminder that the role of the clinical lead for the Irish Dementia Registry (0.2WTE) is currently under recruitment. The closing date is Friday 25th July at 12pm. For Information on how to apply & the role follow the link

[Irish Gerontological Society @irishgerontsoc]

IGS President Dr. Emer Ahern’s letter to the editor published in @IrishTimes

“Older adults are entitled to the same dignity, autonomy and human rights as anyone else.”

Dignity and rights don’t expire with age.

@deirdrelanglang @ideoshaughnessy @galvin_rose @edelphysio

[TILDA @tilda_tcd]

For #CarersWeek2025, we highlight the vital role of family carers and TILDA research that helps support them by Dr Christine McGarrigle
Read more: https://t.co/tY4SjGMOzh

@CareAllianceIrl
@CarersIreland
@NCP_ED
@HsehealthW

@roinnslainte @HSELive @hrbireland