politics€100 jump in back-to-school allowance and 60k more children to get free hot mealsThe rate of the back-to-school allowance has been increased by €100 under new plans announced by the Government in a bid to address the cost of living crisis.
comment-analysisTP O'Mahony: Whatever its aberrations, Catholicism kept society togetherThe decay of the Church as the main structuring force of Irish society saw the growth of a selfish individualism that stands in the way of reform today, writes TP O'Mahony