Cost-of-living crisis hits children as numbers in poverty rise

Just under 181,000 children were at risk of poverty in Ireland in 2022.

Children’s Rights Alliance (CRA) CEO Tanya Ward has hit out at grocery retailers, saying they have got away with “massive profits” amid rising poverty among children.

Ms Ward described supermarket prices as a “scandal” which is having significant impacts on families already struggling due to social welfare increases not keeping pace with inflation.