The Society of St Vincent de Paul has reported a 70% increase in requests for help, as a direct result of the rising cost of living. Since Christmas, almost 5,000 requests for assistance have been made to the charity in the Dublin area. Between January and March almost 4,000 callers contacted the SVP in the Dublin area. Advertisement That is twice as many as the same time last year. Most people who called wanted help with paying rising food bills or higher fuel costs. But critically many had not needed help for 10 years or more and many in employment were also seeking financial assistance. The price of food is 9.3% higher than one year ago, bread is up 23% and milk is up 33%, electricity and gas bills have also risen by 12.3%. [RTÉ]
Since Christmas, almost 5,000 requests for assistance have been made to the charity in the Dublin area.
Between January and March almost 4,000 callers contacted the SVP in the Dublin area.
Advertisement That is twice as many as the same time last year.
Most people who called wanted help with paying rising food bills or higher fuel costs.
But critically many had not needed help for 10 years or more and many in employment were also seeking financial assistance.
The price of food is 9.3% higher than one year ago, bread is up 23% and milk is up 33%, electricity and gas bills have also risen by 12.3%. [RTÉ]
Further evidence of my increasing disconnect from reality: I had no idea milk or bread had got more expensive - and I'm the one that does the food shopping.
The price of food is 9.3% higher than one year ago, bread is up 23% and milk is up 33%, electricity and gas bills have also risen by 12.3%. [RTÉ] Further evidence of my increasing disconnect from reality: I had no idea milk or bread had got more expensive - and I'm the one that does the food shopping.
I hear the Ennio Morricone music in the background, but I can't figure out which part of the movie we are in. If I remember, it goes all triumphal, then goes nearly quiet and low tempo, leaving us with a slow shot backing up from the dust of the flurry, dead people on the ground and a face with a smirk so cool that he doesn't even smirk...and we wonder how it is that one whom we don't identify with easily got to be the hero.
I shop too. Things are falling off my list of necessities week by week. Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
I shop too. Things are falling off my list of necessities week by week.
