On this, the United Nations’ (UN) World Day of Social Justice, it is imperative that we take action to tackle poverty, social and economic exclusion and unemployment.

More than 140,000 children are living in substandard and poor-quality homes, with thousands more already languishing in emergency accommodation.

On Saturday, December 21, 20c from every newspaper sold will be donated to SVP.

St Vincent de Paul launched their Christmas appeal this morning with Late, Late Show host Ryan Tubridy.

Eoghan Murphy has admitted that the number of people in emergency accommodation “continues to be a huge problem.”

The Society of St Vincent de Paul received between 250 to 300 calls from worried parents per day last week.

SVP estimates that there are 330,000 customers of moneylenders in Ireland.

Threshold CEO John-Mark McCafferty told RTE Radio’s Today with Sean O’Rourke show that while HAP is intended to help families secure a place to live, the reality is that HAP limits are insufficient to secure private rental accommodation.

Generic uniforms and gym gear should be introduced in schools to reduce costs for families, an education committee recommends.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is marking its 175th anniversary in Ireland today.

It is only a matter of weeks before churchyards around Ireland will be filled with adorable children in white dresses or suits. With First Holy Communion season just around the corner, and many parents are facing a hectic period of planning, writes Gráinne McGuinness.

The Irish Examiner today launched its Christmas Charity initiative in aid of St Vincent de Paul - on Saturday, December 22 they will donate 20c from every newspaper sold to St Vincent de Paul.

“Hidden” homelessness is hampering the development of thousands of children across the country, a group of charities has warned.

The Taoiseach says one of his biggest regrets is not studying abroad.

A leading charity is predicting that poverty levels will get worse this year, despite the economic recovery.

A charity is poised to distribute Christmas food hampers to some 2,500 needy families across Cork city and county this festive season.

Families are cutting back on food and heating to pay for their children’s back-to-school costs, according to the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP).

Fianna Fáil is set to support the Green Party's and Labour's Waste Reduction Bill.

Up to 130,000 households who turned to SVP for help last year were paying back loans to moneylenders with interest rates of up to 168%.

ONE of the noble but Sisyphean tasks the heroic among us undertake is breaking the cycle of poverty. Various agencies are dedicated to this high ideal, one determined to celebrate our humanity by sharing life-changing opportunity with all.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has been deprived of around €1m in funding after eastern European gangs raided the charity’s secondhand clothing containers, writes Sean O’Riordan.

FOR generations, the Society of St Vincent de Paul has stood between this society’s most vulnerable citizens and the kind of calamity most of us can hardly imagine.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is spending €2,000 a month disposing of rubbish dumped in its clothing donation bins — including the remains of dead animals.

A group of teenagers have set up the first ever school-based ICA guild, writes Helen O’Callaghan

Previously unseen levels of demand for food, toys, and help with bills show that not everybody is feeling the effects of an economic turnaround, says the Society of St Vincent de Paul.

This letter is an urgent appeal from 14 organisations who work with children to call on An Taoiseach to show leadership on the issue of child homelessness.

Parents may see improvements in their children’s classrooms but Budget 2016 has done little or nothing to ease the cost of educating them, says the Society of St Vincent de Paul.

The five children and five adults who perished in the Carrickmines fire tragedy last weekend may not be buried for a number of days because of difficulties in identifying the remains.

Parents will have to pay more this year to send their children to school, according to Barnardos’ 10th anniversary survey of school costs.

The annual search for individuals and groups who have heartened and inspired the nation is under way, as nominations open for the 2015 People of the Year Awards.

Child poverty remains not just a moral imperative but a national scandal, Fergus Finlay from Barnardos said yesterday.

Funny man Brendan O’Carroll was feeling a bit embarrassed about being named National Philanthropist of the Year by the Community Foundation for Ireland yesterday.

It's the social media sensation that presidents, taosigh, astronauts, sportstars and even grannies couldn't resist, says Kelly O'Brien

The double tragedy in Cork at the weekend highlights the lonely and troubled existence of those living on the margins, the head of Cork Simon has said.

Emergency accommodation for the homeless in Cork is to get a cash injection which should mean no-one sleeping rough on the city’s streets by Christmas.