Mart Report: Us over-50s are the workhorses of the nation

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A Limousin cow born in 2014 and weighing 790kg sold for €1,870 at last Friday's Skibbereen Mart. June 18, 2021.

Well I had to laugh when I heard Dr Tony Holohan’s advice that only the fully vaccinated should travel abroad this summer.

I laughed my socks off for a good hour because the fully vaccinated, mostly those of us over the age of 50, couldn’t afford a Saturday night in Dunmanway, never mind a weekend in Kathmandu.