Families 'forced to choose between driving kids to school and putting a hot meal on the table'

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald told the Dáil about  'Amy', who now has to choose between driving her children to school or having a hot meal.

Spiralling costs are forcing families to choose between driving their children to school and putting a hot meal on the table, the Dáil has heard.

The reductions in excise duties on petrol and diesel announced on Wednesday morning do not go far enough, opposition parties have said, in calling on the Government to cap the cost of fuel and home heating oil.