Pensioners and welfare recipients to receive 'additional' cost-of-living supports

Finance ministers Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe will meet on Thursday to discuss which benefits are to be scaled back

The Taoiseach said those two groups are “really struggling” the most with the high cost of living and the government must protect them

Pensioners and welfare recipients will receive “additional benefits” to help them combat the cost-of-living crisis, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

He said those two groups are “really struggling” the most with the high cost of living and the Government must protect them.