Sweet treat: Three generations bag first prize in photography competition 

The winning image for the ‘How We Age’ photography competition features 80-year-old Eileen Whelan and her great-granddaughter

Eileen Maloney in her shop in Athlone with her great granddaughter Ryleigh Maloney Hughes. This picture by Eileen's daughter Helen took first place in the all-island ‘How We Age’ photographic competition run by The Institute of Public Health. A ‘How We Age’ gallery of selected images will be launched in October to mark International Day of Older Persons

An image capturing the close bond between different generations of one family went down a treat with judges at the Institute of Public Health’s How We Age photography competition.

The all-island competition invited photographers to submit images capturing older people in their everyday lives with the theme Staying Active, Staying Social, Staying Connected.