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# aging population

Keeping the State pension age at 66 is 'unsustainable', says new report

Not changing the current policy on pensions would cost around €50 billion, the Department of Finance report says.

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Sep 17th 2021, 8:03 PM

# getting auld

'The change in the global population over the next few years is unprecedented'

Though the overall global population will continue to grow for some time yet, the growth of the working-age population is slowing down pretty much everywhere.

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Dec 13th 2015, 8:45 AM