‘Health care system failed to clarify rights’

Irish Examiner

OMBUDSMAN Emily O’Reilly branded HSE care for the elderly as chaotic, ad hoc and confusing during her speech at the MacGill Summer School in . . . → Read More: ‘Health care system failed to clarify rights’

Children ‘suffer as banks go unpunished’

Irish independent

The crisis budget has allowed reckless bankers to escape punishment while targeting innocent children, a social justice lobby group claimed last night. Cori Justice said Finance Minister . . . → Read More: Children ‘suffer as banks go unpunished’

Older people must mobilise to protect entitlements, says SIPTU

irish Times Page 8

Older people need to mobilise to ensure the Government does not attempt to further undermine the entitlements of senior citizens, a conference of retired Siptu . . . → Read More: Older people must mobilise to protect entitlements, says SIPTU

Society’s view of elderly caught in ‘time warp’

Irish Times Page 6

Older people are still widely viewed as “social casualties” who are expected to live withdrawn and passive lives according to Dr Eric Midwinter founder of . . . → Read More: Society’s view of elderly caught in ‘time warp’