More than 5% of Irish living in poverty in 2007

MORE than 5% of the Irish population were living in consistent poverty in 2007.

That figure rose to over 15% among the country’s disabled, however, where one in six found themselves living with consistent poverty.

According to figures released by the Central Statistics Office, the number of people in consistent poverty had, however, dropped from 6.9% in 2006 to 5.1% just a year later.