Tallaght Mens Shed A Welcome Development-Crowe

Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD attended the official launch of Tallaght Mens Shed in Tallaght Library on Wednesday night.

The Tallaght based Deputy said that development of an inclusive space for men who are confronting and finding new challenges, like being unemployed, retired, separated, widowed or lonely was a really positive development for the area.

Deputy Seán Crowe said:

“There has been significant growth in the “men’s sheds” movement over the past year, with more than 2,000 “shedders” in Ireland. There are more than 100 men’s sheds, which act as workshops and meeting places for men mainly over 50 but not exclusively so. Most of the growth in the shed movement, which began in Australia, has taken place in the past 12 months here, and Ireland now had the strongest shed movement in the northern hemisphere.

“The number of sheds is staggering and has come at time when many men are facing new and difficult challenges one new shed was seeking to register each week.

“I suppose there is a lot of discussion around why has this idea of a mens shed  taken off in places like Tallaght. For me its quite simple. It’s about a place where a few fellas can come together have bit of craic in their own time and be there in difficult times to support each other.

“Research into men’s sheds carried out by the Netwell Centre found that men aged 50 and over experienced many changes, from retirement and isolation to health changes, and the sheds provided an important environment and space for men going through many of those changes

“This is another positive develpment for Tallaght and I wish group every success in the future.”