From camogie to crotchet its the help that makes it happen in claregalway

By Fiona McGarry

ON THURSDAY afternoons, it’s a case of 'all eyes down’ for bingo at the Claregalway and District Day Care Centre.
The award-winning facility, which was opened by a local voluntary committee in October 2012, caters for up to 75 older people from the village of Claregalway and communities in a radius of ten kilometres. Afternoons are reserved for entertainment, such as bingo, or some music with Fr Brendan from the nearby SMA House. Crochet and crafts are popular and the centre has its own Men’s Shed and a polytunnel to entice those with green fingers.
On the afternoon of The Tuam Herald’s visit, the atmosphere is lively and the welcome is warm. The bingo caller is Jimmy Heneghan from Loughgeorge — one of two people working at the centre under the Tus Scheme.