{"id":4670,"date":"2019-03-26T21:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-o.catalystdna.com\/march\/?page_id=4670"},"modified":"2024-02-28T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:26:25","slug":"mary-harkin-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ageandopportunity.ie\/about-age-and-opportunity\/our-team\/mary-harkin-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Harkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4670\" data-postid=\"4670\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4670 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_8b0549b tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_0e5a558 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_33080ec\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_0a081a3 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_5e0018c last\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_cbecb06 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h2 class=\"fancy-heading tf_textc\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    Mary Harkin            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                    Policy, Research and Evaluation Manager            <\/span>\n    <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_290dbe1\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_1df8a4d first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_f727558 image-top circle  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ageandopportunity.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mary-Harkin.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" title=\"Mary Harkin\" alt=\"Mary Harkin\">    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_e3b49c1 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_5db3203  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Mary is currently reconfiguring Age &amp; Opportunity in research and evaluation frameworks that will highlight our effectiveness and increase our capacity to support and influence public policy development in relation to older people.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 15 years Mary led the expansion of our Go for Life Programme into a full national programme (now called Age &amp; Opportunity&#8217;s Active programme), creating volunteer leadership in physical activity at a local level and developed a grant scheme that supports some 1,000 groups annually. 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