Denying our children a better future

DEPRESSING images of child poverty in Ireland will soon become a reality for the world to see as Barnardos, the country’s leading charity in this field, launches a website to heighten awareness of a grim scenario where young lives are blighted by alcohol, drug abuse and violence.

They are the forgotten children whose families never heard the soft purr of the Celtic Tiger economy. Rather they heard its harsh growl and continue to experience poverty to such an extent that many children go to school hungry.

Graphically illustrating the yawning gulf between the haves and have-nots in our society, the political implication of the website initiative is that the Coalition has failed miserably to reach out and touch the lives of children in need.