Valentina Ní Críonna

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Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

Air quality after 60: what Ireland’s clean air rules mean for you

Ireland links roughly 1,700 premature deaths a year to fine particulate pollution, mostly from home…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 5, 2026

Healthy Ageing

Oesophageal and stomach cancer after 50: the symptoms Ireland misses

Ireland has one of Europe's highest oesophageal cancer rates and no screening programme for it…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 4, 2026

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Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

Home support in Ireland: free, not means tested, and not a right

The HSE Home Support Service is free and not means tested, but you have no…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 4, 2026

Irish Resources

Ageing as a migrant in Ireland: the generation nobody planned for

Ireland's first big migrant generation is reaching its 60s: pensions, medical cards, interpreting rights, and…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 3, 2026

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Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

Vaping after 50: what the evidence says and what Ireland’s new laws change

Cochrane rates nicotine e-cigarettes above patches for quitting, yet the HSE does not recommend them.…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 3, 2026

A pharmacist explaining a medicine to an older woman across a pharmacy counter

Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

Anticholinergic burden after 50: the everyday medicines that can fog your thinking

Bladder tablets, older antihistamines, amitriptyline and pharmacy sleep aids all block acetylcholine, and the effects…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 2, 2026

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Mental Wellbeing

Autism after 50: Ireland’s missed generation, and what the new assessment pathway changes

Ireland's new autism assessment protocol includes adults in publicly funded assessment for the first time.…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 2, 2026

Mental Wellbeing

Eating Disorders After 50: The Illness Nobody Screens For in Later Life

Eating disorders do not stop at 25. A practical Irish guide to recognising them after…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 1, 2026

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Healthy Ageing Mental Wellbeing

Antidepressants after 50: what changes, what to ask, and how to come off them safely

Antidepressants work at any age, but doses, side effects and monitoring change after 65. A…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 1, 2026

Air quality after 60: what Ireland’s clean air rules mean for you

Oesophageal and stomach cancer after 50: the symptoms Ireland misses

Home support in Ireland: free, not means tested, and not a right

Ageing as a migrant in Ireland: the generation nobody planned for

Vaping after 50: what the evidence says and what Ireland’s new laws change

Anticholinergic burden after 50: the everyday medicines that can fog your thinking

Autism after 50: Ireland’s missed generation, and what the new assessment pathway changes

Eating Disorders After 50: The Illness Nobody Screens For in Later Life

Antidepressants after 50: what changes, what to ask, and how to come off them safely

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