Study reveals effects of poverty-related illnesses

COMPELLING evidence that the lives of thousands of Irish people have been blighted by poverty-related illness, is contained in a cross-border study.

Here, almost 40% of people at risk of poverty suffer from a chronic illness compared to less than a quarter of the general population.

And in the North, almost 50% of unskilled workers suffer from a long-standing illness, compared to 30% of professionals and managers.