Govt urged to stamp out poverty in 10 years

The Government was today challenged to wipe out poverty in a decade.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2010 - 07:41

The Government was today challenged to wipe out poverty in a decade.

Leading anti-poverty campaigner Fr Sean Healy said the state should mark the 2010 European Year Against Poverty by adopting zero poverty as its target by 2020.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Ireland Person: Fr Sean Healy Person: Fr Person: Healy Event: European Year Organisation: Government Organisation: Social Justice Ireland Organisation: Social Justice

<p>Lord Mayor of County Cork, Mary Linehan Foley, said that in this "day and age, we shouldn't even have to be asking for this." File image. </p>

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