retirement
Love your job and worried about retiring? How to stay busy and avoid post-retirement blues
People need to let family, friends or a health professional know if they are struggling, as some people do get depressed after they enter retirement.
How weight training in retirement can keep your bones and muscles strong
Start small, seek professional guidance and be consistent, say the experts.
Lifting heavy weights at retirement age ‘preserves leg strength’
Lifting heavy weights three times a week for a year appears to have long-lasting benefits, researchers say.
21% of new first-time buyers stretch mortgage terms for more than 35 years
The trend of longer-term mortgages is ‘further evidence of the ongoing affordability crunch’, according to UK Finance’s Household Finance Review.
Retiring early? What you need to know
Financial expert Peter McGahan looks at your pension options
‘Shocking’ number of ultra-long mortgages due to run past state pension age
Putting retirement savings towards clearing a mortgage could leave some people at risk in old age, former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb said.
Nuala McCann: Retirement is like a hot bath - it takes time to ease into it
I don’t speak Spanish yet and I don’t grow from seed but the reading bug has bitten again
A woman refereeing men’s Six Nations and World Cups ‘inevitable’ – Joy Neville
The Irish official has had an outstanding 11-year refereeing career.
Police officer most common occupation for retired adults in early 50s – census
The age that people retire to take their pensions is ‘a possible explanation’ for the trend.