Article: Poverty still rampant in Celtic Tiger Ireland.

Poverty still rampant in Celtic Tiger Ireland

IRELAND is still a long way from being a fair and just society despite the Celtic Tiger boom years, a major report shows.

Many have benefited little from the boom times, CORI Justice said in a socio-economic review which painted a bleak picture of inequality in 21st century Ireland.

It challenged government policy makers to tackle poverty, especially among the working poor. The religious organisation report shows that:

u 720,774 Irish people -- 17pc of the total population -- have incomes below the standard poverty line of '11,400 for a single person and '26,400 for a household of four;

u Almost 30pc of all ...

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