# old people

All time

Government wants building of old age retirement villages to begin by November 2019

A recent PAC report said it is not clear that the cost of care in public nursing homes is providing value for money to the taxpayer.

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Dec 15th 2018, 7:30 PM

# restrictions

Business people, farmers and older people forced to travel to other towns as banks go cashless

Limits on cash lodgements and withdrawals are causing headaches for some rural customers.

16.5k

Sep 3rd 2017, 8:00 AM

# old people

Renua wants elderly to use apps to stay in touch - but OAPs must buy the phones

The party says it’s “challenging stereotyping of elderly” but the measure has been criticised as “a bit mad”.

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Feb 24th 2016, 6:07 AM

# Facebook

17 times older people were the best thing on Facebook

<3 forever <3

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Aug 23rd 2015, 9:30 PM

# Gamers

Old people play Grand Theft Auto for the first time, get intensely into it

The cutest gamers you’ll ever see.

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Jan 23rd 2015, 8:19 AM

# Poverty

One in five older Irish people live in deprivation

74,520 Irish people over the age of 65 are suffering enforced deprivation.

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Sep 30th 2014, 7:49 PM

# bogus callers

Older people driven to banks by criminals to 'take out large sums of money'

Burglaries are still the most common crimes against older people.

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Sep 13th 2014, 4:30 PM

# Support

'I was all alone in the house, no wife, no kids - when my dog died it was the last thing'

ALONE is looking for volunteers for its befriending service.

36.3k

Aug 17th 2014, 5:00 PM

# wash your hands

CDI is more common than MRSA and kills one in three Irish patients infected

Unlike MRSA, alcohol wipes do not stop the spread of CDI.

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Mar 4th 2014, 6:30 AM

Voices

Column: Our fragile health insurance market faces collapse if age groups aren’t balanced

Clearly insurers are not building a mixed age profile of customers under their own steam, writes Patricia Conboy, who says those that don’t should be penalised.

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Dec 11th 2013, 7:00 AM

# cool old people

This old man skateboarding will make you feel seriously uncool

Oh to be as cool as this man.

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May 27th 2013, 5:32 PM

# JUDGING YOU

VIDEO: What your granny thinks of your YouTube nonsense

Would you be careful with that Cinnamon Challenge or you’ll put someone’s eye out.

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Mar 25th 2013, 5:37 PM

Voices

Column: Look in on older neighbours over the holidays. It’s important.

Older people are a wealth of information, knowledge and experience, writes Seán Moynihan – so why not stop in on a neighbour over the Christmas break?

Dec 26th 2012, 8:15 AM