Children’s Minister Roderick O’Gorman said the government must “focus on things with a proven record of reducing child poverty” amid calls for additional means-tested child benefits, reports The Mirror. New research funded by Community Foundation …
Poverty affects more than one in five children in Northern Ireland, according to a report by Loughborough University for the End Child Poverty Coalition. The statistics were calculated on the basis of the number of …
The average annual disposable income of households worsened by 1,000 euros last year when inflation is taken into account, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office. The CSO said the average annual disposable …
Figures just released by St. Vincent de Paul show that just over 780,000 people live in poverty here in Ireland, despite the country being categorised as fifth wealthiest in the world. The figure equates to …
Many people are at the risk of pensioner poverty due to the lack of long-term pension planning in Ireland, a new report revealed today. Generally, Ireland compares favourably to other OECD nations in the …
Several well known personalities from Irish politics have shown concern for some members of the Gardai, whom they claim are ‘living in poverty’ due to poor wages. Deputy TD Mick Wallace, for instance, said …
Focus Ireland have stated that in the since spring 2013 the number of families becoming homeless every month in Ireland has risen and is now somewhere in the region of 32 families. Double what the numbers …
One in three Irish people are now categorised as deprived according to a new study carried out by the CSO. The recent survey shows that after tax incomes have fallen by 2000 euro since 2011 and …
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