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A woman whose husband murdered their two daughters believes her children would be alive today if she was given more involvement in her late husband’s treatment.

Families who are victims of familicide should have their medical bills, funerals costs, legal expenses and crime-scene clean-up costs covered by the State, a long-awaited report published today has found.

Nearly 10 percent of all Exceptional Needs Payments in Clare last year were received by people under 25. New figures released to the Oireachtas show of the 3,686 payments made in this county under the initiative in 2022, 311 were made to people younger than 25 years of age. Additional Needs Payments are intended to […]

OFFALY St Vincent de Paul is reporting being inundated with calls from stressed and upset people who are unable to meet the living costs being placed upon them....

The number of people applying for the fuel allowance payment in Clare nearly doubled in the first two months of this year. Figures obtained by Clare FM show the number of people attempting to access other forms of social welfare payments has also increased.   Data received following a Freedom of Information request shows 209 […]

The number of applications for Supplementary Welfare Allowance in Clare have dropped by 20 percent in the first two months of the year. Figures released through the Oireachtas show 469 such applications were made in this county in January and February, compared to 586 in the same timeframe last year. The SWA payment is made […]

Social welfare: Heres how you can claim exceptional and urgent needs payments for one-off expenses The Department of Social Protection will look at all sources of income, including capital and property but excluding your home, when deciding each case The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you prov...

Alone is also calling for a plan to help older people rebuild their confidence and reintegrate into society, said Mr Moynihan. He added that a strategy to deal with loneliness, the right to homecare, digital training, and more community supports were needed. “People want to age at home, we need to create choices [to achieve this].” Poverty was another major issue facing older people. My Moynihan said home repairs or appliance replacements were the third most common issue people ring A...