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Anyone who has tried to sell or buy a property in recent years, where title to the property has to be registered in the Land Registry section of the Property Registration of Ireland, will be aware of the difficulties that are caused by an inaccurate map attaching to the title...

When you are attending a notary (by appointment please!), it is essential that you bring your passport and another proof of identification, such as a driver’s licence, or utility bill, which shows your address in Ireland. Essentially, when you attend a notary to have a docume...

The New Yorker cartoonist, Roz Chast, is the author of the graphic memoir “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?,” which will be published in May. It is a beautiful, sad and funny illustration of the issues facing adult children and elderly parents. When I read it...

I am delighted to have been invited as a speaker at the annual conference of the Society of Young Solicitors Ireland, being held this year in the Mount Wolseley Hotel in Tullow. Marie Fleming’s landmark challenge to Ireland’s absolute ban on assisted suicide caught...

The Over 50s Show is on us again! It seems like a week ago since the 2011 Show. We will be taking a stand at the Show – number 55 – on the right side of the main hall and we’d be delighted to answer any queries that you may have about Wills, Enduring Powers of...

The following letter was sent on behalf of the Older & Bolder alliance, of which Age & Opportunity is a member, to all Government TDs and Senators. Older & Bolder is calling on everyone who cares about this issue to contact their local public representatives. For more...

Journalist George Mobiot’s article in yesterday’s Guardian makes for interesting , if unsettling, reading about how diets that are high in sugar and fat may be linked to Alzheimer’s which some scientists are now re-naming Diabetes -Type 3:...

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland is holding a free information evening on Wednesday 19 September next from 7 p.m. in the Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2, to celebrate World Alzheimer Day. All are welcome. For further information you can contact 01 207 3818 or check out its website...

Is it just me or has this summer been full of one story after another about abuse in nursing homes topped with news of health spending cuts that affect some of our most vulnerable citizens? Already Minister Reilly has (thankfully) done a U-turn on some of the proposed cuts. Of...