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SILVER SURFERS STAY CONNECTED
THE WINNERS
SILVER SURFER 2015 I miss programmes I catch up on rte.ie/realplayer and I
book flights on Aerlingus.com and ryanair.com . In fact,
I am addicted to the laptop and could not imagine life
without it. It is as important to me as food-almost!”
-Margaret
NEW TO IT AWARD
Margaret Mullett, a retired science and chemistry teacher The New to IT Award went to Michael Monaghan from
in her early seventies from Rathgar, Dublin, is this year’s Nobber, Co Meath. In 2012 Michael, then a mini-bus driver
overall winner of the Silver Surfer Awards 2015. for children with special needs, suffered a serious stroke
She was presented with her award in the Helix Theatre and had to retrain himself in many things.
in DCU this afternoon by Age Action CEO Eamon Timmins He started with an iPhone, learning to use Viber to send
and broadcaster George Hook. messages and photographs. He now reads the papers, pays
Margaret was inspired to get online after she lost his car tax and most recently sorted out his water grant
her husband, George, to a genetic disorder called online while using skype to keep in touch with his family.
haemochromatosis, an overload of iron in the system, just
six weeks after being diagnosed. If identified early enough, HOBBIES ON THE NET AWARD
haemochromatosis can be easily treated.
Determined to ensure that no other family would suffer The Hobbies on the Net Award went to 83-years-young
a loss like her own, Margaret used the internet and Stanley Jerrard-Dunne. Stanley is a vintage car enthusiast,
digital media to build a national awareness campaign, researching, sourcing and buying parts online, but his real
highlighting the dangers of haemochromatosis and urging passion is writing.
members of the public to get themselves tested. A self-professed science-fiction anorak, his first book,
Inspirational entitled The Adam and Eve Chronicles, is sold on Amazon in
Since she began in 2005, her campaign has focused new Kindle format and tells the story of a group of scientists
attention on the illness and more than 20,000 people who come up with an unusual way of overcoming the
have been diagnosed. problem of over-population.
Eamon Timmins, CEO of Age Action, said: “Margaret is
a truly inspirational woman, someone who suffered a
terrible loss and dedicated herself to helping others avoid
similar tragedies.
“She became a campaigner and learned how to use the
latest technology to spread awareness about a disorder
not widely known or understood, successfully encouraging
thousands of people to get themselves tested.”
“I constantly google for medical and other topics for the
IHA newsletter. I read the online news on journal.ie . If
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THE WINNERS
SILVER SURFER 2015 I miss programmes I catch up on rte.ie/realplayer and I
book flights on Aerlingus.com and ryanair.com . In fact,
I am addicted to the laptop and could not imagine life
without it. It is as important to me as food-almost!”
-Margaret
NEW TO IT AWARD
Margaret Mullett, a retired science and chemistry teacher The New to IT Award went to Michael Monaghan from
in her early seventies from Rathgar, Dublin, is this year’s Nobber, Co Meath. In 2012 Michael, then a mini-bus driver
overall winner of the Silver Surfer Awards 2015. for children with special needs, suffered a serious stroke
She was presented with her award in the Helix Theatre and had to retrain himself in many things.
in DCU this afternoon by Age Action CEO Eamon Timmins He started with an iPhone, learning to use Viber to send
and broadcaster George Hook. messages and photographs. He now reads the papers, pays
Margaret was inspired to get online after she lost his car tax and most recently sorted out his water grant
her husband, George, to a genetic disorder called online while using skype to keep in touch with his family.
haemochromatosis, an overload of iron in the system, just
six weeks after being diagnosed. If identified early enough, HOBBIES ON THE NET AWARD
haemochromatosis can be easily treated.
Determined to ensure that no other family would suffer The Hobbies on the Net Award went to 83-years-young
a loss like her own, Margaret used the internet and Stanley Jerrard-Dunne. Stanley is a vintage car enthusiast,
digital media to build a national awareness campaign, researching, sourcing and buying parts online, but his real
highlighting the dangers of haemochromatosis and urging passion is writing.
members of the public to get themselves tested. A self-professed science-fiction anorak, his first book,
Inspirational entitled The Adam and Eve Chronicles, is sold on Amazon in
Since she began in 2005, her campaign has focused new Kindle format and tells the story of a group of scientists
attention on the illness and more than 20,000 people who come up with an unusual way of overcoming the
have been diagnosed. problem of over-population.
Eamon Timmins, CEO of Age Action, said: “Margaret is
a truly inspirational woman, someone who suffered a
terrible loss and dedicated herself to helping others avoid
similar tragedies.
“She became a campaigner and learned how to use the
latest technology to spread awareness about a disorder
not widely known or understood, successfully encouraging
thousands of people to get themselves tested.”
“I constantly google for medical and other topics for the
IHA newsletter. I read the online news on journal.ie . If
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