Society of Saint Vincent De Paul

Two single mothers say their situations will worsen when fuel allowance ends in April

All monies raised go direct to city charities, including those dealing with homelessness

The popular annual fundraiser has generated more than €700k for charities

Oireachtas hears child poverty caused by ‘structural barriers’ to education and jobs

Charity says it expects calls for help this year to be ‘at their highest level’ in its history

Qualified welcome for a number of other measures from charity sector

Budget 2022: Weekly fuel allowance going up from midnight by €5 a week to €33

There are “students starving in UCC and all over Ireland”.

State-owned energy supplier blames rising wholesale charges for move

Record natural gas prices amid a supply squeeze are blamed for latest increase

Some pupils who fell behind peers during pandemic have not returned, webinar hears

Demonstrators call on Irish leaders not to recognise new Taliban government

An Irishman’s Diary

The cost of schoolbooks typifies wider problems with an education system in which the State forgoes the right to impose centralised standards

Help sought for school costs such as parental contributions and digital equipment

Why fund the consequences of poverty instead of investing in its outright elimination?