# age-action - Friday 5 July, 2019
The pension has only increased by a little over €7 in the last 10 years.
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# age-action - Thursday 18 January, 2018
Tens of thousands of people are losing out on receiving a full State pension due to rules that were introduced in 2012.
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# age-action - Thursday 14 September, 2017
Whether its Fair Deal contributions, nursing home fees or general funding in the care system, money gets in the way of older people deciding where they spend their final years.
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# age-action - Sunday 3 September, 2017
Limits on cash lodgements and withdrawals are causing headaches for some rural customers.
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# age-action - Thursday 6 July, 2017
Age Action has said some nursing homes are charging “extortionate costs”.
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# age-action - Sunday 2 April, 2017
The knitted creations raise money for charity and allow older people to meet up and work together.
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# age-action - Thursday 9 February, 2017
Age Action say that pensioners have lost out on as much as €1,500 a year since 2012.
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# age-action - Friday 27 January, 2017
A bill enshrining the right to home care passed the second stage of the legislative process yesterday.
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# age-action - Monday 19 December, 2016
They’re sending the cards to the charity Age Action, who will distribute them to the older people using their services. Aww.
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# age-action - Friday 25 November, 2016
Retirement clauses have led to high numbers of older people on the dole.
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Age Action is calling for mandatory retirement clauses that force people out of their work because of their age to be abolished.
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# age-action - Wednesday 5 October, 2016
Daniel and William McCarthy were deaf and had lived together in south Dublin for over two decades.
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# age-action - Sunday 28 August, 2016
John Fitzsimons wants to challenge certain stereotypes about older people.
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# age-action - Wednesday 15 June, 2016
A new campaign aims to highlight the financial abuse of the elderly.
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# age-action - Monday 30 May, 2016
Figures released by the Central Statistics Office show decrease in pension for majority of workers.
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# age-action - Thursday 14 April, 2016
The figures are contained in a Hiqa annual report.
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# age-action - Monday 21 September, 2015
Age Action is calling for increases to the State pension and the living alone allowance.
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# age-action - Sunday 20 September, 2015
Age Action is looking for volunteers to help with its Care and Repair programme.
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# age-action - Tuesday 24 March, 2015
A detailed description of the garment where the ring was stored will be needed to prove ownership.
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# age-action - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
Age Action says it would welcome the return of the Christmas Bonus in next week’s Budget.
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# age-action - Friday 12 September, 2014
Do you make sure you know how your elderly neighbours are?
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# age-action - Friday 29 August, 2014
Hidekichi Miyazaki is the fastest centenarian in the world.
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# age-action - Friday 22 August, 2014
Former Dublin hurling boss Humphrey Kelleher has made the call.
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# age-action - Friday 4 July, 2014
Age Action says the Government needs to look out for the elderly.
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# age-action - Thursday 26 June, 2014
It follows the launch of a campaign yesterday urging politicians not to meddle with the current scheme, which allows older people free travel on public transport.
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# age-action - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
The scheme is currently being reviewed, but Age Action is warning that any negative changes will be vehemently opposed by older people.
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# age-action - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
Temperatures will hit 28 degrees today, but the public is being asked to remember elderly neighbours.
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# age-action - Sunday 15 June, 2014
Despite the caring, protective, respectful attitude Irish society likes to think it has towards older people, elder abuse is widespread.
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# age-action - Tuesday 6 May, 2014
Gerry Adams said water charges indicated how “far removed” the government is from the general public.
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# age-action - Wednesday 5 March, 2014
Residents of the homes, as well as public psychiatric facilities, at sites in the Midlands will be exempt.
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# age-action - Thursday 9 January, 2014
However Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan said she believes changes will allow for people to stay in their homes.
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# age-action - Saturday 10 August, 2013
Age Action said that some people may have to choose between food and fuel if Bord Gáis is allowed to raise domestic gas prices.
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# age-action - Monday 29 April, 2013
Ronnie Hurley is a founding member of the Limerick Sub Aqua Club – and the oldest scuba diver in the county, if not the country.
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# age-action - Monday 11 March, 2013
With the country experiencing low temperatures, snow, sleet and ice, those living alone can particularly be at risk.
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# age-action - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Do you know anything about these photographs?
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# age-action - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
The charity is urging people to keep an eye on elderly neighbours in light of the recent deaths caused by hypothermia.
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# age-action - Thursday 10 January, 2013
Age Action said that a cut in the Seniors Alert Scheme “is a bad decision” with “terrible timing”, given recent attacks on elderly people.
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# age-action - Thursday 6 December, 2012
They said they had seen other staff members neglecting the residents, while a quarter said they had seen psychologically abusive acts take place.
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# age-action - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
It’s getting cold out there lads.
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# age-action - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Pauline O’Connor’s gaming habits with her grandchildren have won her the Google/Age Action award for people over 50 who embrace technology.
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A couple of afternoon thundershowers
Max: 13 °C
Min: 4 °C
Variable clouds, a couple of t-showers
Max: 13 °C
Min: 5 °C
