{"id":528720,"date":"2026-07-02T04:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/528720\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:09:15","slug":"waterford-active-retirement-group-welcomes-new-members-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/528720\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterford active retirement group welcomes new members &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The members of one active retirement organisation in County Waterford are very open to new members joining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Tay and Mahon Valley Active Retirement Assocation is one of the busiest and most vibrant organisations of its type in the county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The members enjoy regular get-togethers and participate in a wide range of fun, social initiatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">One of those involved with organisation recalled fond memories of growing up in the D\u00e9ise county in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;My confirmation suit cost \u00a37,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I paid for it on the money I made catching rabbits and selling them,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">With regard to the regular meetings the organisation holds, he commented: &#8220;Our gatherings are social events; chat and cuppa are the most important part.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">New members are always welcome to join the association and more information can be had by contacting Eileen on 087 9365035 or Tom on 087 9386209.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The members of one active retirement organisation in County Waterford are very open to new members joining. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-528720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}