Dáil hears harrowing accounts of people struggling with cost of living

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald: 'These are stories of hardship and worry, which are pushing families to the edge.'

The harrowing personal accounts of induvial and families who are struggling to pay rent, heating bills and to put food on the table and fuel in the car have been raised in the Dáil.

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said that over the weekend she had asked people to share their cost of living stories and within "a matter of hours" almost 1,000 people had replied.