Irish living 10 years longer and drinking 18% more

IRISH people are living a whopping 10 years longer than they were 50 years ago.

Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals the average Irish person will live to see the ripe old age of 80 whereas in 1960, they were likely to die by the age of 70.

Across the 34 OECD countries, life expectancy rose by 11 years over the same period. The Japanese are set to live the longest, with an average life expectancy of 83 years, while Turkish people are only likely to live until 73.