A weekly rise of €5 in State pensions; a reversal of cuts made in 2012; and an increase in home help hours are among the demands being made on behalf of older people by Age Action.

Additional charges imposed on older people and their families under the Fair Deal scheme stop some from accessing nursing home care.

Bank of Ireland staff in 100 branches will no longer handle cash by the end of the year.

Thousands of pensioners have been left out of pocket as a result of eligibility changes brought in by the last government.

Mandatory retirement is simply age discrimination, according to Age Action.

Sixteen different organisations have come together to campaign for a major increase in funding for older people who want to remain at home instead of in care facilities.

The head of Age Action has called on the organisation’s members to ensure the needs of older people are firmly on the agenda in the next general election.

Age Action has said it is totally unacceptable that a 101-year-old woman was left on a trolley for 26 hours at Tallaght Hospital's Emergency Department this week.

It took six years just to write the national ageing strategy but it seems that there is no still urgency by the State towards implementing the plan, writes Justin Moran

Age Action Ireland said that older people with certain medical conditions are not being properly served as part of the Fair Deal scheme.