Elaine Loughlin: It's sick that Ireland doesn't have illness benefit for low-paid workers

The pandemic has highlighted a persistent issue for mainly minimum-wage or low-paid workers who feel obliged to work even if they are not fit to

Growing up, Lent meant giving up chocolate and the reappearance of the Trócaire box in our house.

We scooped up our pennies and even found the odd shiny 50p to donate to famine-afflicted countries in Africa, to islanders ravaged by hurricanes in Central America and other communities impacted by severe poverty.