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Tue 05 May 2009Inner city poverty 'masked by influx of rich residents'
AN INFLUX of affluent residents into new apartment complexes in Dublin’s inner city over the past 15 years has masked the depth of acute poverty in parts of Dublin, according to new research.
A report commissioned by the Dublin Inner City Partnership to be published this week shows that large pockets of the inner city have remained locked in poverty since 1991, with unemployment levels of up to 60 per cent in some areas.
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