The big interview: Eamon O’Shea

’I’M A GREAT BELIEVER IN EFFICIENCY’

Eamon O’Shea doesn’t get offended when you ask him to define what it is he does. He’s an economist who specialises in... well, let him explain.

“It’s gerontology, a way of looking at how ageing and an ageing population impact on life — community life, public spending, all of that. What I do is look at ageing in a social and economic context: social gerontology.”