Rich-poor gap widened by 294 a week, says CORI

THE BUDGET has widened the gap between rich and poor by 294 a week and this trend must be reversed, the CORI Justice Commission insisted yesterday.

It added that, since coming to power seven years ago, the Government had widened the gap between rich and poor by 15,341 a year.

"This trend must be reversed widening the gap between the better-off and the poor is unfair, unjust and bad for social cohesion," CORI Justice Commission spokesman Father Seán Healy said.