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

Paul D’alton is wrong to say that older people who are lonely suffer more, emotionally, than anyone else. Chronic loneliness is terrible, whether that person is younger or older, or whether they live in a rural or urban area.

Women were abandoned by husbands, landlords and family during the Great Hunger, says Paul D’Alton

Ahead of the international trials in Ireland, Paul D’Alton goes sheep-herding with Con McGarry and his dog, Megan

I almost dropped a tray and I was stuck for half an hour in the toilet, but the customers were unfailingly polite, says Paul D’Alton.