A COALITION of NGOs has accused the Government of taking money out of the pockets of the poor to pay for the excesses of the . . . → Read More: NGOs urge Government to protect vulnerable in budget
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AN invalid in constant pain says he will have to keep his 14-year-old daughter out of school after his home care was slashed by . . . → Read More: Ill father ‘forced to keep daughter home’ after cuts MORE than 2,000 hospital staff, former patients and members of local community groups formed a human chain around a Ballinasloe hospital yesterday They were protesting . . . → Read More: 2,000 protesters form human chain around hospital over HSE concerns MINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has warned that the scale of cuts in the health budget next year will be “substantial” and will have a . . . → Read More: Harney warns budget to have serious impact on health services Proposals to tax or means-test child benefit payments in the next budget appear increasingly unlikely due to major legal and administrative problems. The Government last . . . → Read More: Child benefit tax unlikely AT least 2,000 people converged on city centre Dublin, demanding cutbacks to disability services be reversed and the state stops treating those using the services . . . → Read More: ‘Lives are being lost, absolutely devastated’ DISABLED people and their families whose respite support is hanging by a thread are to take to the streets of Dublin this week in a desperate . . . → Read More: Families to protest against cuts to disability respite services INCOME cut-offs for college grants next autumn will remain largely unchanged despite pressure to increase third-level access for poorer students when details are announced by . . . → Read More: Income cut-offs for college grants to stay unchanged SERVICES for the country’s most vulnerable people are being strangled by Government cutbacks which will result in the loss of 5,000 jobs in the community . . . → Read More: 5,000 jobs in voluntary sector at risk, claims report PROTESTERS clashed with gardaí last night as they tried to gain access to the main concourse of Leinster House. At least five of the protesters . . . → Read More: Dáil unrest as gardaí and protesters clash |
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