The Conference of Religious in Ireland has accused the Government of lying about its ability to increase social welfare rates in last month’s Budget.

The justice commission of CORI - the Conference Of Religious in Ireland - claims that the Minister for Finance could have directed more money in his budget to tackling the country's social problems.

THE Government is being urged to raise the total tax take in the upcoming Budget and bring it closer to the EU average.

IRELAND’S young graduates are highly regarded as among the brightest, most enthusiastic and best educated in Europe, the director of a key export programme said yesterday.

THE growing gap between Ireland’s rich and poor has been attacked as “Ireland’s greatest budgetary scandal” by the Conference of Religious in Ireland (CORI).

THE Government has been accused of substantially widening the gap between rich and poor.

Budgetary decisions taken by the Government over the last four years have increased the income gap between the rich and poor by £159 per week, according to a study published today.

The Justice Commission at the Conference of Religious of Ireland has called on the Government to rectify a wrong it claims the Budget inflicted on the country's poor.