Austerity should not deprive children

The latest CSO report which revealed that 135,000 children, or one-in-eight are living in poverty is deplorable.

Fergus Finlay of Barnardos put it succinctly when he said that number is the equivalent to the entire population of Mayo, the Taoiseach’s constituency.

Sometimes we may grumble about how austerity is affecting us, be it having to cut back on holidays or giving up certain indulgences; but when it affects children to the point of deprivation then something is grossly wrong with society.