Housing designed for people as they age to encourage health and well being has been neglected in Ireland, a new report shows.

Three health reports in recent days point to an inevitability facing most of us — old age and the challenges of that journey.

Margaret Jennings discovers many older women are using extensions to give their long locks a boost, as the trend to go short wanes.

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

Suzanne Harrington takes a fan’s approach to hunting out the the elephant in the room. Madonna, she says has highlighted the fact that women after 50 are regarded as cultural castrati and should leave the sexual arena quietly — and to the young and beautiful.