Organisation: Society of the St Vincent de Paul

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Pery Square Hotel and Spa in the Georgian Quarter of Limerick. The group of business owners and residents opposed to the Society of the St Vincent de Paul's application for a change of use of the Mechanics’ Institute on Hartstonge Street claim there has been a marked increase in the provision of social support services in the immediate area of Pery Square in recent years. File picture: Dan Linehan</p>

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Opponents of new homeless facility in Limerick city say area is already at 'saturation point'

Business owners and residents stress they fully support SVP's work, but say 'we are reaching a saturation point of social services in the Georgian Quarter'

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Single mothers of young children among most important workers

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Here’s how to spend that €88m Euromillions jackpot

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St Vincent de Paul warn that housing crisis is creating "new poor"

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Charity fears struggling families will turn to money lenders

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Children allowed one free flush and a shower

Without labouring the point, give Catholicism a break

Much has been written and spoken in attempts to explain the ignominious collapse of the Labour Party vote in the Meath by-election, but as yet I have not heard one commentator refer to the fact that under his leadership Eamon Gilmore is making it more difficult for a Catholic to vote for Labour.

Sat, 06 Apr, 2013

Food vouchers for 1,500 Dublin families after O'Carroll donates to SVP

Over one and a half thousand families in Dublin will be given a voucher for a turkey and a ham thanks to a donation by comedian Brendan O'Carroll.

Tue, 11 Dec, 2012

SVP: Some people 'simply cannot afford food'

The Society of the St Vincent de Paul is helping 8,000 families every week and is seeing increasing numbers of people seeking food.

Thu, 25 Oct, 2012

Energy users hit with double price rise

Cash-strapped consumers have been dealt another financial blow with Electric Ireland confirming it will increase both its electricity and gas prices from Oct 1.

Sat, 08 Sep, 2012

Report: More than 16,000 households had power cut off in 2011

As many as 44 homes a day had their electricity cut off last year, according to figures obtained by the Daily Mail.

Thu, 02 Feb, 2012

Central Bank to publish mortgage arrears statistics

The full extent of Ireland's personal debt problems will be revealed later when the Central Bank publishes figures on the number of people struggling to repay their mortgage.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2011

Reality bites: Gravy train runs off the tracks for paper millionaires

IT may come as a shock to ordinary taxpayers that the state is supporting couples and cash-broke developers with multiple properties, but the reality is many people doubled-up on house purchases and investments in the boom.

Mon, 29 Mar, 2010

School principals turn to charities to assess students

PRINCIPALS countrywide are turning to cash-strapped charities in a desperate bid to obtain funding for students’ psychological assessments, the Irish Examiner has learnt.

Tue, 11 Sep, 2007

Charity calls for extra cash for poor

St Vincent de Paul says that Ireland's poorest people should be paid at least €15 a week more as the cost of living has increased so much recently.

Fri, 20 Sep, 2002