NI to have 'more pensioners than school children by 2030'
There will be more pensioners than schoolchildren in Northern Ireland by 2030, new official projections suggest. Figures from ...
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Almost three-quarters of workers aspire to retire by age 60 or sooner
Almost three-quarters of Ireland's working population would like to retire by age 60 or sooner, according to new research.
Independent.ie25d
Life expectancy in Ireland is fifth highest in EU but ageing population will pressure health service
Life expectancy in Ireland is the fifth highest in the EU at 82.6 years. Since 2015, the population has grown by 14.8pc – the population aged 65 and over grew by 36.5pc between 2015 and 2024.
The Irish News27d
Why is the Protestant Population in Decline? – On This Day in 1975
According to the paper, “Trends in the Religious Composition of the Population of the Republic of Ireland 1946-71”, between 1946 and 1971 the total Protestant population declined from 158,000 ...
Independent.ie on MSN10d
‘Ireland is a stand-out laggard on climate action’ – taxpayers face bill of up to €26bn bill for government failures on targets
Nor, they say, is the Government taking sufficient climate action to minimise the potential cost. They say the ultimate ...
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Emigration leads to growth in lunacy
This is almost double the number of ‘insane under care’ in 1880 - something made all the more remarkable by the fact that the population of Ireland actually declined by approximately 800,000 ...