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Bealtaine Festival events announced

Details of this year's month-long Bealtaine Festival have been announced.

The festival, which celebrates creativity in older age, takes place throughout May with over 400 arts activities and events taking place in 23 counties across Ireland.

This year's festival will include 'Affairs of The Arts' - a first time collaboration between The Film Institute of Ireland, The National Theatre and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, a photographic exhibition by Derek Speirs and the visit of the poet Peter Kane Dufault.

The festival invites older people to be creative in the arts and to participate. The majority of events will be free of charge and do not require particular skills.

Further information is available from Age and Opportunity, The Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9 (01 837 0570).

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