Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Week
22 September 2012 - 30 September 2012
RTE’s Mary Kennedy is pictured with The Vard Sisters ahead of Ireland’s first Sensory Entertainment Event in aid of NCBI and Fighting Blindness on Wednesday 26th September.
To mark Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Week, which takes place from 22-30 September 2012, a host of surprise celebrity guests including one of Ireland’s most loved singing legends and an international bestselling author will entertain up to 250 blindfolded audience members with a selection of music, story-telling, comedy and chat.
AMD is the most common cause of registered blindness in Ireland and it is thought to affect one in 10 Irish people over the age of 50. Please see www.amd.ie for further details.