As the days grow shorter, there is trepidation among older people what the presence of Covid-19 will mean for them this winter. Our Social Affairs and Religion Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely got the views of a Co Wexford retirement group. The Piercestown/Murrintown Active Retirement Group, which has 40 members, is not very active at the moment.
Weekly meetings ended in February, which according to the group's secretary Ann Rocheford, had a big impact on members, particularly on those who live alone. "Most of the people in our group live alone so for them it's total alienation from everything", she says.
When restrictions lifted during the summer, the group met for a socially distanced barbeque at the community centre in Piercestown in July.