SVP appeal - Time for Government to help poor

GIVING the lie to political spin portraying poverty as a thing of the past in this country, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) distributed a whopping €41.3 million last year helping people in need.

Contrary to the PD philosophy that a rising tide lifts all boats, the reality is that the gap between rich and poor is widening.

While the grinding impoverishment of the 1980s and 1990s no longer prevails, an insidious form of poverty is hitting thousands of people.