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Tipp Today Highlights – Tipp Carers Highlight Challenges

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More than half of Ireland’s family carers feel isolated.

A study carried out for National Carers’ Week has found that many carers feel unable to leave their own homes and most rely on the internet for support and social connection.

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Of 300 family carers questioned, 59 percent said they felt lonely and almost a quarter said they could ‘never’ get away from home for social events.

Cllr Richie Molloy, a Carers Support Manager with Family Carers Ireland and PJ Slater, a familial carer from Carrick-on-Suir joined Fran on Tuesday.

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