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# Older People

Huge rise in calls from vulnerable older people

The was a 50 per cent increase in requests for help from older people last year, one charity has said.

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Oct 19th 2011, 9:31 PM

# Older People

Older persons' charity reports 50 per cent surge in demand

ALONE says the increasing number calls to its service, which is not funded by the State, is a constant strain on its resources.

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Oct 19th 2011, 12:53 PM

Voices

Column: This is no country for old men and women - but it could be

On this, the UN International Day of Older Persons, Alone’s CEO Seán Moynihan writes that while some people can have a wonderfully active older age, we must care for those facing isolation, depression and disability.

Oct 1st 2011, 6:00 PM

# Older People

Charity expresses concern about out-of-date poverty figures

Following the publication of figures by the CSO yesterday, ALONE’s CEO has urged the public not to forget that there is a significant number of older people at risk of poverty in Ireland.

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Sep 30th 2011, 5:22 PM

# Stress

Younger workers twice as stressed as their parents, survey shows

People under 30 are also far more likely to call in sick to work than those over 55, according to the study.

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Sep 27th 2011, 7:15 AM

# Old news

Ó Muircheartaigh is Ireland's favourite ageing role model

The legendary GAA commentator joins Mary O’Rourke and Giovanni Trappatoni as some of Ireland’s most popular older people.

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Sep 23rd 2011, 12:57 PM

# Vaccine

Older people encouraged to receive pneumo flu jab

Comedian Brendan Grace is one of the advocates for the vaccine after discovering that as he has diabetes he is at risk for pneumo flu.

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Sep 20th 2011, 11:09 AM

# Donegal

Gardaí launch safer communities campaign as stations face the chop

Community groups have said that the possible closure of 200 Garda stations will leave older people feeling “more vulnerable and isolated than ever before”.

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Sep 19th 2011, 4:38 PM

# Older People

Older people cold and lonely in rural Ireland - SVP

Older people in Ireland are being reduced to ‘siege of Leningrad’-type solutions to keep warm during winter, according to the SVP.

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Sep 8th 2011, 3:57 PM

# Boom!

Ireland's population to jump to 6.5 million by 2060

Ireland is going to see a population boom of 46 per cent in the next 50 years according to the EU’s statistics office, and we’re all going to be living longer too.

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Jun 9th 2011, 2:51 PM