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  1. 18th September 2009, 09:23 AM #1
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    Struggling parents turn to soup kitchens

    Struggling parents turn to soup kitchens

    Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 07:03 PM

    Cash-strapped parents are turning to soup kitchens to feed their families, it was revealed today.

    Dublin-based charity Crosscare said rising numbers of the recently unemployed were calling at its centres to pick up basic foodstuffs with their children.

    Director Conor Hickey said the agency, which traditionally serves hot meals to the homeless and elderly, had not seen such demand since the darkest days of the 1980s recession.

    “Increasingly we’re seeing people come to the door saying they just need bread or milk,” he said.

    “These are people who are new to this area of poverty, people who were the main breadwinner and have now lost their jobs.”

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  3. 18th September 2009, 09:24 AM #2
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    I wonder is there any chance of a bail out for these parents Mr. Cowen?
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    The Irish government isn't the only one to have recognised a new class of deserving poor...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cael View Post
    I wonder is there any chance of a bail out for these parents Mr. Cowen?
    They already get it, it's called social welfare.
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  6. 18th September 2009, 10:51 AM #5
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    Ah well. If there have to be cuts in Social Welfare then YoungLiberal I suggest we start with the banks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by YoungLiberal View Post
    They already get it, it's called social welfare.
    You can even hear the snide tone of the post
    Slip! Slop! Slap! Seek! Slide!
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  8. 18th September 2009, 11:23 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by YoungLiberal View Post
    They already get it, it's called social welfare.

    What a liberal bollix...
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  9. 18th September 2009, 11:32 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by YoungLiberal View Post
    They already get it, it's called social welfare.
    Clearly you have never had to live on it!
    One of the moderators on here really wrecks my head with his/her power mad ego
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  10. 18th September 2009, 12:03 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aindriu View Post
    Clearly you have never had to live on it!
    Seems he is a lawyer. Most likely daddy was a lawyer too.
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  11. 18th September 2009, 12:24 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aindriu View Post
    Clearly you have never had to live on it!
    Am I meant to be ashamed of that or something?
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