The Covid pandemic may have compounded a longer-term trend of younger people feeling lonely, the OECD said. Picture posed
Ireland is one of four European countries in which young people are more likely than older ones to report feeling lonely and isolated, a report has said.
People aged 16 to 24 were found to be the most likely group in Ireland to report feeling “lonely most or all of the time over the past four weeks”, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report said.
Social Connections and Loneliness, published on Thursday, also said the reported loneliness figure was significantly ahead of the rate for those aged 65 or o
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