The abuse of adults must be addressed in the same way as for children to offer help where needed but also respecting individual autonomy, writes Colette Kelleher.

A farm leader warned yesterday that solicitors cannot be allowed to introduce regulations that will ultimately benefit their own members at the expense of people who wish to transfer their property to the next generation.

More than 10,000 older people have been abused or neglected in their own homes, new research has revealed.

MORE than 10,000 older people have been abused or neglected in their own homes, shocking research has found.