Ageing population 'poses economic dangers'

[25 June 2007 - Sunday Business Post - Ireland] Ireland’s ageing population poses significant long-term dangers for the country’s economy, a major labour conference heard today. By 2036, more than 40% of the workforce will be aged 50 or over, according to economists. Delegates at the Active Ageing and Labour Market Trajectories seminar in Dublin urged the Government to make it easier for older people to continue in employment beyond retirement age. The conference heard from a number of international experts on pensions issues and the need to root-out ageist discrimination in the workforce if Ireland’s economy was to continue to flourish. More