One in five Irish pensioners ‘like’ Facebook

Ireland has a growing number of ‘silver surfers’ as figures show almost one in five people over the age of 65 now have a Facebook account.

The latest quarterly report by pollsters Ipsos MRBI shows the age profile of those using social networking sites like Facebook is changing month by month.

Long the preserve of 15 to 24 year olds — 93% of whom have a Facebook account — the poll shows that 17% of Irish people over the age of 65 have signed up to the social networking giant — slightly down from 19% in May.