Time for a fair deal for ageing population

IRELAND is facing an ageing crisis. Take a walk down any main street across the country in the coming years and the numbers of people over the age of 65 will have increased dramatically.

In fact, the EU has predicted that one in 10 people living here will be over the age of 80 by 2060.

It may seem a long way off but action must be taken now to deal with the extra health care, social and pension needs that an ageing population requires.