Trying to end poverty - President tells it like it is again

PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has made a habit of speaking truth to power and though he has not always managed to change the way we do things as he and many others might wish, he constantly urges us to do the right thing, to be better people, better citizens.

He demands that we make this a better, fairer and more loving society.

Yesterday, when he spoke to mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was no exception.