Some over 70s forced to entrust relatives or close contact with finances due to restrictions

Charity supporting elderly sees ‘unprecedented’ rise in donations amid coronavirus crisis

Brewery’s €1.5m will aid public house workers fearing layoff with widespread pub closure

Status orange wind warning in force for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry

Giving to charity, fundraising, volunteering – all help children understand kindness

George Harrington (79) seemed to have been dead for six months when gardaí found him

Alone has seen 145 people presenting as homeless or at risk of homelessness so far in 2019

Housing problems facing elderly ignored amid wider crisis, conference hears

Prototype developed at Trinity College Dublin ‘reminds me what meds to take’, says user

National Volunteer’s Week gets under way

€3 million fund initiative to deal with ‘most unrecognised health crisis in a generation’

Caveat: Friends indeed as bicentenary worth of funding goes to help Alone

Predicament for man identified only as Frank points to big demographic challenge

Loneliness can be a silent assassin that wreaks havoc on people’s lives – and experts want it to be a health-policy issue

Older people must stay in touch with friends and family, say Alone and Age Action

Frances Fitzgerald says regulating sector an ‘absolute priority’ for Government

Report is ‘punishing older people’ for lack of social housing options, according to Alone

Alone conducts questionnaire to raise awareness of the needs of older people

More than 50% of calls Alone received in 2014 related to homelessness or housing

All the Lonely People: For Barbara, left behind by a faster and colder world, loneliness is a constant, unwelcome companion