Ageism a workplace barrier in demographic doomsday

The average life span in Ireland has increased by nearly 25 years since the 1920s but our attitude to getting older hasn’t moved with the time and many older people find they are on a metaphorical scrapheap, writes Clodagh Finn

PANA is a wonderful place to glean the essentials of life. I was walking down Cork city’s central artery the other day when I overheard (read: earwigged) two women discussing the virtues of coconut oil. “It can take 10 years off you,” said one, though I couldn’t get close enough without rumbling myself to hear whether one should apply or ingest it.

I did, however, sneak a surreptitious glance and was rocked to see that my Patrick Street beauty tipsters were still in their school uniforms.