“Here Mary, do you want a protein ball?” Tina Maguire (81) says as she opens up a small box of “Ferrero Rocher-flavoured” treats and passes one to her friend.
“Jesus, I’m only after doing loads of exercise and now I’ll be eating them,” responds Mary Bonnie (72).
The two women are sitting inside the St John Bosco Youth Centre in Drimnagh, south Dublin, having just finished an hour-long morning exercise class, led by personal trainer George McCabe.
McCabe, who has provided the protein balls, tells them “they won’t spike your heart rate” and jokes that next week’s session will be a “TRX class”.
The ladies are members of Drimnagh Women’s Shed, which meets every week for fitness and yoga classes, day trips and various health talks.
Outside the centre on the Davitt Road, across from the Grand Canal, posters of Fianna Fáil’s former presidential
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