Number of people aged 85 and over to quadruple in next 30 years, CSO data shows

One in four people aged 55-69 do not have a pension.

The number of people in Ireland aged 85 and over is projected to almost quadruple in the space of 30 years to 389,400, the Central Statistics Office has said.

In a new snapshot on the lives of the country's older people, the CSO said the old-age dependency ratio — which expresses the number of people aged over 65 as a percentage of working age adults — is expected to increase significantly in that same time.