Irish Examiner View: It’s young who are vulnerable

Cork City Council washing down the pavement during a deep clean of Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

FOR the past two months or more we have heard lots of discussion about the most vulnerable people in Irish society. The consensus is that it is the elderly who are most at risk, at least in the short-term while Covid-19 remains at large. However, longterm it is the young who could prove the most vulnerable, not in terms of their physical health but for their ability to make a decent living and enjoy a comfortable life.