We’re just warming up for five years of fear and loathing

A REVOLUTIONARY new blood test can tell you when you’re going to die — but the bad blood now starting to surge between Labour and Fine Gael tells its own story of premature ill health.

The €500 test which calculates a person’s biological age, as opposed to their numeric one, offers medics the intriguing chance of being able to predict how long someone has left to live with a reasonable level of accuracy.

The deeply controversial test measures vital structures on the tips of a person’s chromosomes, known as telomeres, which scientists believe are the most accurate indicators of the speed at which someone is ageing.