Out of her four siblings, only one of them has a job connected to what she studied at university

Certainly, as men march through life, hair begins to appear in a wild range of locations

The Ploughing Championships are on this week, and while that is usually a celebrated event, there...

Academy Award–nominated short film telling the story of Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) as he fantasises about everything he’d love to do in retirement—once he finally has the time. Watch Retirement Plan on RT...

Many retired people find themselves having to start all over again

I’ve never forgotten a face, but I am atrocious at names. More precisely, they don’t come back to me quickly

Memory is a slippery thing, and it’s almost impossible to control what will lodge in the foreground or fade into the dark storage area at the back

There are now few parts of Ireland that do not contain first- or second-generation migrants

I resented the pretence of dealing with a human before our trip, and it spoke after as if it were a friend

Erasing history – the physical evidence of all the life that has been lived around it – can cause pangs of regret