Charity director claims ‘new poor’ struggling to cope with recession

THE director of Clarecare has stated the country’s “new poor” don’t know how they are going to cope in the current recession.

Fiacre Hensey confirmed yesterday Clare’s largest voluntary organisation has seen a doubling in the distribution of Christmas hampers to people in need in the past couple of years.

Mr Hensey said many of the hampers, containing essential food stuffs, were given to what he termed the “new poor”.