Hi Tina, I am not aware of any other lists as you say. Might be a good idea to start one. Most blind people here rely on family activities. We have an organised walk for disabled and blind once a month in Cork. I am not involved as I have aheart condition. I am also 71 years old. Kind regards Aedan. -----Original Message----- From: irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tina Paulick Sent: 14 January 2014 20:47 To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] Re: New here + searching for a mailing list about free time activities for VIP Hi Aedan, Thanks for the kind reply. I'll check that. I signed up for this list, but it's also about technology. I don't get it, you have at least 3 lists about technology and no other topics at all. These lists just compete with each other don't they? Maybe I should set up one for free time stuff. Are there no national gatherings for visually impaired people at all? No trips, weekend walking tours or anything? That's surprising. What kinds of activities do you have in Cork. You can answer me private if you like. kaosskwien@xxxxxxxxx. Just in case anyone is from Galway we have the bisually impaired activity club. At the moment we do tandem cycles every second Sunday, but we also want to offer other things. https://www.facebook.com/GalwayVisuallyImpairedActivityClub?fref=ts All the best Tina -----Original Message----- >From: irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aedan O'Meara Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 11:41 AM To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] Re: New here + searching for a mailing list about free time activities for VIP Hi Tina, Further to my last email I don't think there is any VIP list of the type you mention. The best way to hear what is going on socially re music, theatre, sports, etc is local radio, Galway Bay radio. You could also join the emailing service of most theatres, not sure about cinemas. There is a web site run by NCBI called Easylinks which has one click links to all radio stations and newspapers in Ireland North and South. You could Google for this. Kind regards Aedan. -----Original Message----- >From: irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tina Paulick Sent: 14 January 2014 10:16 To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] New here + searching for a mailing list about free time activities for VIP Hello everyone, I subscribed to this list yesterday. I’m from Germany and study at NUI Galway for this year. It was really hard to find this list, in fact I found it by chance, but I wondered for some time, if any mailing list for visually impaired people in Ireland existed at all. Maybe the NCBI could advertise it more on their website, since it is a great thing. I tried also to subscribe with vics-ireland, but I always get Invalid number of parameters as answer, which is really strange since it worked for this list. The link they provide in the failure mail does not work either. Anyway, I’m not mainly interested in technical issues. Initially, I was searching for a list dealing with free time activities (such as music, cinema, theatre, sports, traveling …). I don’t want to spam you with off topic things, so does anyone know a list that would suit better for me? On the other hand, I’ve seen numerous off-topic posts in the archive here. All the best Tina IrelandVIPNews Mailing list You may want to keep a note of the following addresses: To send a message to the list email: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To change your options back to normal or unsubscribe Email: irelandvipnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word Echopost or unsubscribe in the Subject line. 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