CORI hits out at 'lack of economic plan' from Government

The religious group CORI has expressed concern about the Government's failure to draw up a comprehensive plan to tackle the economic crisis.

The group was speaking as community, voluntary and farming representatives prepare to receive a briefing from the Department of Finance today about the worsening state of the public finances.

CORI spokesman Fr Sean Healy said the Government was lurching from crisis to crisis due to its failure to draw up "a clear, coherent and credible plan".

He says one-off initiatives introduced on an ad-hoc basis are not sufficient to lead Ireland out of recession.