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'We are facing a perfect storm' - SVP charity copes with highest calls for help ever

Calls for help this year will be at their highest level in its history and could reach almost 200,000 by the end of December, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) said while launching its annual appeal this week. National President Rose McGowan ...

22 Nov 2021 at 16:50

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Children falling into poverty more quickly than rest of population, says charity

Children and young people are falling into poverty at a rate higher than that of Ireland’s general population, the Children’s Rights Alliance has said. It comes as the group launches a new Child Poverty Monitor – the first in a series of reports ...

13 Jul 2022 at 10:23

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UN report reveals inflation has pushed more than 70 million people across the world into poverty

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a UN report. The United Nations ...

07 Jul 2022 at 15:23

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Up to 70% of Irish homes could end up in energy poverty

Almost 70 per cent of households in Carlow and across Ireland could be facing energy poverty in worst-case scenarios drawn up by a State energy crisis group. If energy prices continue to rise then 69.2 per cent of households would be ...

26 Aug 2022 at 19:53

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Up to 70% of Irish homes could end up in energy poverty

24 Aug 2022 at 12:53

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Free hot meals and meals-on-wheels urged to be extended in Carlow to tackle food poverty

The Minister for Social Inclusion is calling for free hot meals to be extended to early childcare settings in Carlow and across Ireland, in addition to meals-one-wheels programmes being extended for older people. The proposals, ...

18 Jul 2022 at 21:53

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Carlow families going without food and heating, cost of living crisis survey reveals

Almost two thirds of parents (63%) in Carlow and across Ireland stated they and their children had to go without essentials such as heat, electricity, food and clothing over the past 6 months due to cost of living increases. ...

12 Jun 2022 at 09:53

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'Deeply concerned' - Nearly 50 organisatons call on Government to demand action on energy crisis

As the Government’s major public consultation on Energy Poverty closes today, and with just 3 weeks to the Budget, 42 civil society organisations have written to the Government to demand action to protect our most ...

05 Sept 2022 at 14:23

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Carlow families going without food and heating, cost of living crisis survey reveals

06 Jun 2022 at 21:53

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Poverty risk for unemployed in Carlow would have doubled without Covid income supports - CSO

The rate of unemployed people in Carlow and across Ireland at risk of poverty would have almost doubled without Covid-19 income supports. That's according to the Survey on Income and Living Conditions ...

08 May 2022 at 13:53

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Government urged to extend free hot meals and meals-on-wheels to tackle food poverty

The Minister for Social Inclusion is calling for free hot meals to be extended to early childcare settings in Carlow and across Ireland, in addition to meals-on-wheels programmes being extended for ...

24 Jul 2022 at 11:53

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Poverty risk for unemployed in Carlow would have doubled without Covid income supports - CSO

The rate of unemployed people in Carlow and across Ireland at risk of poverty would have almost doubled without Covid-19 income supports. That's according to the Survey on Income and Living ...

09 May 2022 at 15:53

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