Ireland is facing dramatic changes that are impacting on our society now and into future decades, particularly the challenges of climate change, technological advancement and an aging demographic profile. For a young person doing their Leaving Certificate next June, they are likely to be working until about 2070 and could be living until 2090 or beyond. If we switch that time period backward, contemplate the scale of change that has been seen in Ireland since the 1970s or the 1950s : the pace of that change will be nothing in comparison to what we are about to experience. This recent…