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Healthy Ageing

Sinus and Nasal Health After 50: A Practical Guide for Older Adults in Ireland

A blocked nose is rarely "just one of those things" after 50. A practical Irish…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 16, 2026

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Healthy Ageing

Blood in Your Urine After 50: Why Haematuria Should Never Be Ignored

Blood in the urine is often painless and stops on its own, which is exactly…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 15, 2026

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Healthy Ageing

Bowel Control Problems After 50: The Symptom Nobody Talks About

Bowel incontinence affects up to one in ten older adults and is one of the…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 15, 2026

Healthy Ageing

Blood Cancers After 50: The Symptoms That Are Easy to Put Down to Ageing

Myeloma, lymphoma and leukaemia cluster in the second half of life, and there is no…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 14, 2026

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Hospital at Home: How Community Intervention Teams Are Changing Acute Care in Ireland

Community Intervention Teams deliver IV antibiotics, wound care and acute nursing in your own home,…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 14, 2026

Healthy Ageing

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm After 60: The Silent Condition Ireland Doesn’t Screen For

An abdominal aortic aneurysm causes no symptoms until it ruptures, and Ireland has no national…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 13, 2026

Healthy Ageing

Living With a Stoma After 50: A Practical Guide for Older Adults in Ireland

Stoma surgery follows conditions that become more common with age. A warm, practical Irish guide…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 13, 2026

A woman sits at her kitchen table taking a phone call while working on a laptop, balancing work and caring responsibilities

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Working and Caring: Your Rights at Work as a Family Carer in Ireland

Ireland has 299,000 family carers and 57 percent of them are in paid work. A…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 12, 2026

Healthy Ageing

Food Safety After 50: Why Your Kitchen Habits Matter More Than They Used To

After 50 the margin for error in the kitchen narrows. A practical Irish guide to…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 12, 2026

A glass of water being poured, representing hydration as the key prevention step for kidney stones

Healthy Ageing

Kidney Stones After 50: A Practical Guide for Older Adults in Ireland

Kidney stones peak between 40 and 60, and half of people who have one get…

Valentina Ní CríonnaAugust 11, 2026

Sinus and Nasal Health After 50: A Practical Guide for Older Adults in Ireland

Blood in Your Urine After 50: Why Haematuria Should Never Be Ignored

Bowel Control Problems After 50: The Symptom Nobody Talks About

Blood Cancers After 50: The Symptoms That Are Easy to Put Down to Ageing

Hospital at Home: How Community Intervention Teams Are Changing Acute Care in Ireland

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm After 60: The Silent Condition Ireland Doesn’t Screen For

Living With a Stoma After 50: A Practical Guide for Older Adults in Ireland

Working and Caring: Your Rights at Work as a Family Carer in Ireland

Food Safety After 50: Why Your Kitchen Habits Matter More Than They Used To

Kidney Stones After 50: A Practical Guide for Older Adults in Ireland

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