Well, I nearly fell off my rocking chair on Wednesday night when, during a run-of-the-mill news bulletin, this startling report was broadcast, encouraging the over 50s to stay working!

Age is just a number. Or is it? For many people, the sum of their advancing years is cause for total concealment, shrouded in secrecy only to be divulged by vaguely alluding to a certain decade — thirties, forties etc.

According to a new study, people who feel younger have the structural characteristics of a younger brain, writes

We all dread it, the scarecrow staring back at us in the mirror. The circles, the hollow cheeks, the thinning hair and the down turned mouth. The terrible fish that stalks us all.

Given the ageing profile of the population there may be little choice but to stay as long as possible in the workplace, writes Margaret Jennings

There has been mixed opinion as to what the digital age of consent in Ireland should be.

If you know a loved one due a baby anytime now, the message is to hold on until the other side of New Year’s Day. Because if that kid is to have aspirations of some time playing high-level football, their odds are frighteningly reduced if they arrive before the end of the year

Psychotherapist Thomas Moore talks to Liz Connor about the richness that can come with getting older

Age segregation, unfortunately, applies to all age groups. Things aren’t necessarily better when it comes to the less young and the less old, writes Clodagh Finn.

Ireland’s only national listening line for older people is helping some lonely and isolated people to live independent lives at home for longer.

The good thing about having an ageing population is that it could prompt us to reimagine the future, writes Clodagh Finn.

Lorraine Kelly tells Gabrielle Fagan how her health regime is helping her beat back the years and kick middle-age into touch and how she plans to never retire

Age Action has called for the scrapping of mandatory retirement clauses which it said forced workers out of their jobs and facilitated ageism.

Flu jabs, fading eyesight and widening waistlines go hand-in-hand with turning 50, writes Paul D’Alton

New statistics show that if an Irish woman reaches the age of 80, she is likely to live an extra nine years.

Actress Courteney Cox has admitted that she regrets succumbing to the pressure to look young in Hollywood.

After two years and 10 months, 93-year-old Ernie Andrus has made it across America.

New figures show almost 2,500 people aged 65 are now on the dole.

Ireland’s oldest citizen, Nora Canavan from Co Clare, has passed away aged 108.

Sharon Ní Chonchúir talks to a woman who responded to the empty nest syndrome by opening up her Clontarf home to guests using the Airbnb rental service.

The trad singing legend attributes his longevity to a simple diet, regular walks, and a vigilant GP, he tells Sharon Ní Chonchúir.  

A senior HSE primary care facilitator, involved in the first review of healthcare services on Irish islands, has said their ageing populations are a “particular challenge” that will have to be addressed.

In this week’s column, Kehlan attends a startup business conference with difference — on starting a business when you are in your 50s or 60s — and he concludes that age is no barrier to getting a business off the ground.

A father’s age, behaviour and living conditions are largely-overlooked genetic effects that can harm the health of his children, and possibly their offspring as well, say scientists.

Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person, has died in New York at the age of 116.

USA: A Siamese cat has been named by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living cat.

#IFeelOldWhen has been trending on Twitter.

For 37 minutes on Sunday, seven of Kerry’s team were either over 30 or in Darran O’Sullivan’s case turning 30 this year.

People’s happiness levels typically dip when they reach their 40s — but then start to climb again by the age of 50 and into retirement, a report in Britain has found.

A breakthrough in the study of human skin cells could pave the way for powerful anti-ageing cosmetics and cancer-fighting drugs, according to scientists.

She’s just six years short of her 100th birthday but that is not about to stop Iris Apfel the creative dynamo from being the face of wearable technology for the older generation, writes Margaret Jennings

Margaret Jennings discovers that the more you exercise, the more your body has the capacity to fight off debilitating illnesses — in spite of inherited disease

Being well informed and mentally prepared for the ‘the change’ can help guard against getting a shock when the transition starts, writes Margaret Jennings