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Thu 06 Jun 2004Irish look forward to longer livesWomen born in Ireland can expect to live to just beyond their 80th birthdays, five years longer than men. But the gap between the sexes is narrowing, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).Life expectancy at birth for male babies born here in 2002 was 75.1 years, compared to 80.3 for females.