Pensioners see average income fall by 6%

Irish pensioners are increasingly unlikely to experience poverty, despite the fact their average income has begun to fall in recent years.

A study on the income of the elderly reveals their average weekly income fell 6% in 2010 to €403.23 — a reduction of €25.63 a week.

It represented the first fall in average income since 2004, when weekly income for pensioners averaged just €289.05.