For most Irish people, child benefit is sacrosanct and should not be interfered with. Many families rely on the monthly payment to pay for basic costs, and, since the state has long-since scrapped child tax credits, child benefit has long been viewed as an essential contribution to the significant cost to families of rearing the […]
Carol Nolan, Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, says the banks must repay the generosity of the Irish taxpayers and is encouraging a freeze on mortgage payments until after the crisis #gript