Unlike the French, the Irish are not about to take pension battles to the streets – but beware the aged militants
A demonstrator holds up a poster mocking French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Photo: Christophe Ena/AP
John Downing
France is literally burning as the country has ground to a standstill in a fierce row over the pension qualification age. In Ireland, the Government is trying to quietly ignore something which in principle is very similar and which just won’t go away.
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