How to join

Membership is open to retired and semi-retired men and women whose day is no longer taken up with paid or unpaid work. Joining an Active Retirement Association offers you:

  • Friendship
  • A wide range of interesting activities
  • New creative skills in arts and crafts 
  • Educational opportunities
  • Sporting activaties, both indoor and outdoor
  • Holidays, mid-week breaks and day-trips
  • Support and information

For information on your local group, call us on 01-8733836

Setting up a Local Group


If there is no Association in your area, why not get together with some friends and start one? Active Retirement Ireland will supply you with information and advice through an advisory service from our development officers for new Associations. For more details on membership or setting up an Active Retirement Association, just call Active Retirement Ireland on 01-8733836 or email info@activeirl.ie

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There are currently 532 active groups

Current affairs

Jan 13, 2012Older & Bolder warns of serious consequences for older people if community services suffer further cuts
The alliance of Older People's organisations warns against rash cuts to services.
Jan 9, 2012The Key Questions on Retiree Tax Demands
The taxman has said that he will be targeting pensioners on higher incomes after revealing 115,000 retired people are facing tax demands this year. But it has left thousands of pensioners facing uncertainty. The Irish Independent's Charlie Weston answers some of the most pressing questions
Dec 7, 2011Active Retirement Ireland Respond to Budget 2012
Older People's group criticises cuts.