Median incomes increase but numbers in poverty still worrying
The CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions has been published. It shows that despite an increase in median incomes 789,855 people are living in poverty in Ireland today. Of this number 245,645 are children under the age of 18. Despite the increase in median incomes and other signs of economic recovery these figures show that a significant proportion of the population is still living in very difficult circumstances. These figures are unacceptable in a developed Western economy.