# pensioners - Wednesday 8 June, 2022
# Retirement
# Retirement
The Pensions Commission has recommended a gradual increase in the qualification age from 66 to 68 over the next 17 years.
# pensioners - Monday 14 February, 2022
# Cork
# Cork
Gerry O’Halloran (79) and his 83 year old sister Mary were threatened by a male intruder in the course of an aggravated burglary.
# pensioners - Tuesday 21 July, 2020
# State Pension
# State Pension
Researchers examined whether soon-to-be pensioners will have adequate income in retirement.
# pensioners - Wednesday 22 January, 2020
# Pension Reforms
# Pension Reforms
They sent me to a workshop where I had to say I was interested in jobs, writes Sue Redmond, a retired health worker.
# pensioners - Friday 22 November, 2019
# Rent Hike
# Rent Hike
“Multi-person households” that include pensioners will not receive the €10 weekly discount.
# pensioners - Monday 22 July, 2019
# Cork City
# Cork City
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
# pensioners - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
# Austerity Measure
# Austerity Measure
Free passports for pensioners were done away with under austerity measures, but there are calls now to bring it back.
# pensioners - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
# Telephone Allowance
# Telephone Allowance
Minister Regina Doherty said it’s important to stay in contact with family and friends as we get older.
# pensioners - Thursday 18 January, 2018
# Marriage Bar
# Marriage Bar
Tens of thousands of people are losing out on receiving a full State pension due to rules that were introduced in 2012.
# pensioners - Sunday 30 July, 2017
# Money In The Pocket
# Money In The Pocket
“We are working towards increasing the pension in the next budget,” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said.
# pensioners - Friday 19 May, 2017
The Conservative Party wants the payment to be means-tested in other parts of the UK.
# pensioners - Thursday 16 March, 2017
# Anthony Connors
# Anthony Connors
Connors told the couple he “had mates waiting outside” and said he would set the apartment on fire.
# pensioners - Sunday 21 August, 2016
# Poll
# Poll
Fianna Fáil wants a €5 increase for pensioners in the next Budget.
# pensioners - Monday 21 September, 2015
# Age Action
# Age Action
Age Action is calling for increases to the State pension and the living alone allowance.
# pensioners - Monday 14 September, 2015
# Promises
# Promises
The bonus is paid to long-term welfare claimants such as jobseekers, pensioners, carers, lone-parents and those with a disability.
# pensioners - Wednesday 12 August, 2015
# Take A Break
# Take A Break
Take a break and read about this random act of kindness.
# pensioners - Friday 19 June, 2015
# Elder Abuse
# Elder Abuse
This is just one example of elder abuse in Ireland.
# pensioners - Saturday 10 January, 2015
# Pensioners
From The42
# Pensioners
Jose Mourinho’s men are now two points clear at the top of the table after a 2-0 win over Newcastle at Stamford Bridge.
# pensioners - Wednesday 3 December, 2014
# Cash Money
# Cash Money
The Tánaiste is in a giving mood and says the partial restoration of the bonus this year is “a start”.
# pensioners - Monday 13 October, 2014
# Budget 2015
# Budget 2015
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of tomorrow’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.
# pensioners - Friday 10 October, 2014
# World Mental Health Day
# World Mental Health Day
Some great strides have been made in this country in recent years to tackle mental health issues, but let’s make sure all people in society are cared for.
# pensioners - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
# Christmas Bonus
# Christmas Bonus
Age Action says it would welcome the return of the Christmas Bonus in next week’s Budget.
# pensioners - Monday 11 August, 2014
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Martin and Violet Coyne face homelessness after alternative accommodation falls through.
# pensioners - Friday 14 February, 2014
# Community Spirit
# Community Spirit
The community have come together to try and put an end to the attacks on the elderly.
# pensioners - Wednesday 20 November, 2013
# Defined Benefit
# Defined Benefit
Joan Burton says that the Government hopes that uses of the new law will be a “rare event”.
# pensioners - Friday 25 October, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
Budget 2014 hit the most vulnerable elements of society – not the young, the sick, the old, or pregnant alone. We need to show intergenerational solidarity and stand together against this injustice, writes Peter Kavanagh.
# pensioners - Tuesday 22 October, 2013
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about the pensioners’ protest, a little girl taken from a Roma family in Dublin and the NSA spying on the French.
# Vox Pop
# Vox Pop
One worries that without the telephone allowance her emergency alarm will be cut off. Another wishes he had never moved back to Ireland.
# Protest
# Protest
The crowd at Leinster House was predominantly made up of elderly people who oppose cuts to medical cards for over 70s and other measures announced in last week’s Budget.
# pensioners - Tuesday 15 October, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The Minister’s been speaking to reporters on his way into the final Cabinet meeting ahead of Budget 2014.
# pensioners - Saturday 12 October, 2013
# Comments
# Comments
Here’s our round-up of the most interesting and most popular comments from this week. Did you make it in?
# pensioners - Thursday 10 October, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary thinks free television licences and free travel for over 65s should be done away with. What do you think?
# pensioners - Monday 16 September, 2013
# Pensions
# Pensions
A study by Social Justice Ireland was launched earlier today.
# pensioners - Friday 16 August, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
With the number of older people in consistent poverty doubling over just one year, pensioner Gordon* explains what daily life is like for him – and how he fears for the future.
# pensioners - Friday 14 June, 2013
# Bad Hip
# Bad Hip
Around 20 per cent of elderly people receive hospital care every year after a fall.
# pensioners - Sunday 28 April, 2013
# Britain
# Britain
Free bus travel, free television licences, heating bill payments – one Conservative minister in Britain has suggested rich pensioners may not need them all.
# pensioners - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
# The Taxman
# The Taxman
Nearly 100 million cigarettes, a million litres of fuel and nearly €50 million of drugs were seized by Revenue last year.
# pensioners - Thursday 21 March, 2013
# Medical Cards
# Medical Cards
However Minister of State Alex White said that medical card coverage of the over 70s population stands at 97 per cent.
# pensioners - Thursday 7 March, 2013
# Europa League
From The42
# Europa League
“The most disappointing thing is that we did not score,” opined Chelsea stopper Petr Cech.
# pensioners - Friday 4 January, 2013
# Pensioners
From The42
# Pensioners
The Chelsea captain is upset at the news that his long-time team-mate looks set to leave the London club.
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