Workers can check out, but never leave: Can the government’s controversial plan defuse the pensions timebomb?

The state’s new scheme for the 750,000 private sector workers who do not have a private pension aims to generate a pension pot of €21 billion within a decade. But opinion is already divided over whether it will work

The government is aiming to get 750,000 pension-less people to save for their retirement. Picture: Fergal Phillips