Silver surfers

IN this technological age, society assumes everyone is now online.

And that’s a problem for the estimated 70% of older people in Ireland who don’t even own a computer.

“There’s a barrier,” explains Eamon Timmins, head of advocacy and communication with Age Action. “People who left school at 12 think they can’t learn technology because they’re not educated. Or they think, ‘why would I bother?’ They think, ‘there’s nothing on the internet for me’.”