Mo, Oaklee resident, Co Kildare
Mo describes moving into Hawthorn Court, the first Oaklee-led design and build project, as a ‘dream come true’. Now in her 80s, Mo applied to the scheme while it was still being built in 2003.
“All of a sudden, I found myself in my sixties not being able to afford Dublin prices. It was terrible.
“People living in housing estates might live there for years but never get to know their neighbours. But not here. We all get along great. It’s impossible to be lonely.
“Oaklee Housing has been very good to us over the years. We need more schemes like this. We have an aging population that don’t what to go into a nursing home, they want to live their lives, independently for as long as they can.”
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