Carer unimpressed by 'scraps' from Cowen's table

A carer from the home county of the Minister for Finance tonight said she was furious with the meagre scraps the Budget had to offer.

Carer unimpressed by 'scraps' from Cowen's table

A carer from the home county of the Minister for Finance tonight said she was furious with the meagre scraps the Budget had to offer.

Ann Hughes, 57, from Tullamore, Co Offaly, said the increase in her carers allowance would make little difference to her life or that of her autistic and intellectually disabled 26-year-old daughter, Debbie.

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