Age Action report finds another 40% of people aged 66 and older derive 50% of their income from welfare payments 

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Law firm Wiiliam Fry suggests that employers could face a challenge matching their existing pensions schemes with those under auto-enrolment, as Kyran Fitzgerald reports

While many people now retire at 66, you can still access State benefits for 12 months if you retire at 65, as John Hearne explains

Don't know what to wear to look well in your advancing years? Don't worry! Rita de Brún talks to the style experts

Jetpack golf carts, luxury  and art collections — how the other half lives when it comes to splashing their pensions

Ireland's retirement landscape will change significantly once around 750,000 people are auto-enrolled into pensions, as financial advice experts explain to Rita de Brún

Seeking a comfortable retirement? Here is a simple plan outlining how much you'll need to save to retire on half your current income

The power of starting your pension early ensures you'll build a robust retirement fund, advises Carol Brick, managing director of CWM Wealth Management and HerMoney

Employers and employees alike need expert advice on making the most of opportunities within the new pensions environment, advises Joe Hanrahan, divisional director for financial planning with RBC Brewin Dolphin

People are too ill-informed and too casual about their pensions, cautions Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

 Darragh Kirwan, Commercial Director, Aon Wealth Solutions Ireland

Extracting wealth from their business in a tax-efficient way is a significant challenge for business owners, advises Gabriel McCarthy, managing director of MCG Financial Services

Can you survive on €13,800 per year in retirement? The current contributory state pension in Ireland is €265.30 per week

Fundamental changes in Ireland’s pension landscape could see a marked improvement in pension take-up, says Eamon Dwyer, Private Client Adviser, Unio Wealth Management

Don't put off starting your pension advises Bernard Mulkerrins, Head of Propositions at Acorn Life 

Employees will need expert advice when looking at their pension options once auto-enrolment is introduced, says Caitriona MacGuinness, DC Pension and Private Wealth Leader for Mercer Ireland

The ITC Group's Eoin Hassett outlines how share schemes can be a valuable tool for any workforce

Medics are "slowly coming around to the fact" that people of all ages should do resistance training, rather than just going for a walk

Shaun O’Connor, senior consultant with Insight Private Clients Ltd, weighs up the pros and cons of the pension investment scheme

Bank of Ireland's Bernard Walsh outlines why seeking professional advice on your pension pot is critical in the cost-of-living crisis

Businesses need certainty about the costs involved in the Government’s auto-enrolment pension scheme, Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen has said.

'Inflation remains high and we’re listening and we understand that certain groups need additional assistance and a €15 increase is on the table,' a senior source told the Irish Examiner

Heather Humphreys also said she wants to introduce the auto-enrolment pension system by the middle of next year

Union says failure to implement pension increases threatening industrial relations at the company

The marriage bar put paid to the career of many women in permanent pensionable jobs, and its abolition for some meant that returning to work wasn’t worth it.

In its pre-budget submission, employers' group says such a fund would send a signal to investors that Ireland was addressing its infrastructure deficit

The government currently does not have the support of the electorate to take the type of drastic measures that are needed to tackle climate change which will hurt the economy in the short-term, writes Catherine Conlon

A large percentage of people who have returned from the UK do not know about their pension entitlements

“I don't think there was an intention to upset anyone. It was an opinion piece. Three junior ministers were outlining again, a policy which I support"

SFA's letter to the Oireachtas social protection committee was released to the 'Irish Examiner' through an FOI request

We are saving more and more but what can you do with it when interest rates are still low, asks John Hearne

Pension funds took a hammer blow last year, and even low-risk funds with bonds are likely to underperform again this year.

Government right to consider action but sums raised must be ringfenced, not siphoned off for politically-convenient purposes

Government considers increasing PRSI to top up funds for future pensions.

The Irish Advisory Fiscal Council has called for additional PRSI contributions to be levied on baby boomers while they are working to ensure younger people are not financing older generations' retirements.

Protestors in France are fighting for much more than a number in their demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's bill raising the legal retirement age. It's about the level of respect society has for labour and fairness

Irish Life said: "Our long-term property outlook is favourable and unchanged. We continue to see property as an important part of people’s pension and investment portfolios."

Almost six in 10 workers have no private pension and expect the State pension to be their main source of income in retirement

Old age is not a disease and we shouldn't treat it as one

Electricity bills are now 62.7% higher than a year ago, while gas bills rose 86.3%.

Whistleblowers "have played a very important role in our public life, and in helping us improve how we make public services available to our citizens”, Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe told the Oireachtas finance committee.

New scheme will widen pension gender gap, Dáil committee told

Inadequate pay, pensions, and conditions are driving personnel out of Ireland's Army, Air Corps, and Navy