Twenty-five in every hundred people said they were discriminated against for their age, a recent survey research institute Tarki released to MTI on Tuesday said.
A Northern Ireland teenager has received compensation at an industrial tribunal after winning a case of age discrimination against her employer.
A worker suffered age discrimination and was unfairly dismissed from his role in a leisure centre because his employer wanted to avoid incurring pension costs after he turned 50.
IPPR suggest that one of the elements hidden in the official figure is this age discrimination evident during the recession. The risk is that older people who have been out of work for this long stand little chance of ever working again.
Staff over the age of 50 were told their services were no longer required with “immediate effect” because they did not meet the criteria required to continue in jobs they have done for years.
The average award for age discrimination claims has risen by nearly £20,000 since last year, bringing the average to nearly three times that in 2009/10, according to Tribunal Service statistics.
Sonia Arrison, author of a new book on longevity, explains how scientific advances are making radical life expansion - to age 150 and beyond - a possibility, and what it could mean for human existence.
Age discrimination is rampant - 75% of job adverts specify an age limit.
A woman won £6,000 compensation for age discrimination. Then three weeks later got fired. She then won a further £25,000 in a victimisation claim.
A 61-year-old man who claims he was fired from his Jones Beach lifeguard job of 40 years because he refused to wear a Speedo for the yearly swim test is suing the state of New York for age discrimination.
Jacob Lazada of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) recently gave a speech arguing for the creation of an international human rights instrument.
Age diversity promotes ill-will between workers in organisations that leads to an unhappy workplace and less productivity, according to a new academic study.
The Saga Quality of Life Index has plummeted for the third time in a row, as multiple woes hit the over 50s.
According to psychologist Becca Levy, PhD, assistant professor of public health at Yale University, age discrimination and negative stereotypes can shorten life span by 7.5 years.
A war of words erupted in the Irish presidential contest last night as veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne warned Independent candidate Sean Gallagher about making ageist comments.
Terry Wogan has no problem with ageism, age discrimination and the lack of older women at the BBC - and thinks there may even be too many 'old fellas'.
And a baby born in 2011 is almost eight times more likely to reach their 100th birthday than one born 80 years ago. A girl born this year has a one-in-three chance of reaching 100 years old and boys have a one-in-four chance.
While nine out of ten adults (90%) aged 35-44 have the internet at home, this falls to just a quarter (26%) of over 75s. Virtually all (99%) 25-34s own a mobile phone, only half (51%) of over 75s own a mobile.
Sue Lawley, the veteran broadcaster and former desert island discs host, said her female contemporaries should stop blaming age discrimination for the demise of their careers.
The 65-year-old has been suspended since January and had alleged discrimination on grounds of age.