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'Would people prefer if I die broke?': U2 star Bono hits out at critics who say he's 'Samaritan who avoids the taxman'
Bono
Frontman, 57, worth an estimated £534million was named in the Paradise Papers, with claims he used Malta-based firm to buy a share in a shopping centre in Lithuania
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One in three people contacting St Vincent De Paul in Ireland can't afford to buy food
Poverty
The charity spends between €11m to €12m per year helping impoverished people buy food
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Over 100,000 people with jobs at risk of poverty, Social Justice Ireland report reveals
Poverty
Worryingly, one in every six people in Ireland now live on incomes below the poverty line - 16.5% of the entire population
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Malnourished five year old girl saved from death thanks to Irish donations as Concern praises public
Concern
Irish public gave €1.5 million to East Africa Appeal – which helped save the lives of over 53,000 children like Yasmiin Hassan
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St Vincent de Paul expects 50,000 Irish people will need their help this Christmas
St Vincent de Paul
Ryan Tubridy will launch their annual appeal next Wednesday
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These are the most affluent and most disadvantaged areas in Ireland
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Unemployment rates were used as part of the study
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Parents keeping children from school because they can’t afford lunches
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Ashling Lowe has started a food bank in Meath to help struggling families
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Dr Eva Orsmond tells how she was moved to tears after witnessing deprivation and poverty while filming for RTE
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The nutrition expert was horrified at what she saw
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Michael Caine: I was so poor as a young actor that I couldn't get a round in - so all my mates dropped me
Michael Caine
Caine confronts the subject of money as he discusses his new movie Going In Style, in which he plays a skint pensioner
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Victoria and Brooklyn Beckham visit Kenya to raise awareness of heartbreaking childhood poverty
Victoria Beckham
Posh is currently visiting clinics in the African country with 17-year-old son Brooklyn
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Report reveals more Irish people living in poverty now than at start of recession
Poverty
The figures revealed almost one in five children live in households with incomes below the poverty line
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Legacy of the Irish Christian Brothers helping poorest in India
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Constantine D’Abreau was taught by Irish brothers from the age of five and joined them in 1979
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Fears for 5.5 million people affected by drought in Malawi and Mozambique
Drought
Concern Worldwide say up to 4 million people are in dire need of food in Malawi and 1.5 million in Mozambique
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Pat Flanagan: Bob Geldof is talking ‘b******s’ himself claiming Ireland has changed for the better
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof claims that Ireland is now "pluralist" but while the Church is no longer in charge the public are pummelled by the priests of profit.
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The ugly truth behind multi-million pound hair extensions industry - has it been donated, sold or stolen?
Hair Extensions
The rising demand for real human hair means more and more suppliers from countries including India, Russia, Brazil and China are vying for their share of the profitable market
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Ellie Goulding reveals that bailiffs coming for family's TV made her a grafter
Ellie Goulding
The Love Me Like You Do singer and her three siblings were raised by their mother Tracey and didn't have the same privileges as their school friends
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Richard Curtis takes on world hunger, climate change and gender equality in Global Goals
Richard Curtis
The British film director and Comic Relief founder's biggest project to date involves some of the world's leading celebrities
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Ireland's overseas aid programme lifting millions out of poverty, claims Charlie Flanagan
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The efforts of the Irish Aid programme has helped reduce the number of mothers dying in childbirth while also tackling major health crises
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Estate where Shameless was filmed is now UK's second best housing hotspot as prices soar
House prices
New figures have shown asking prices for homes in Wythenshawe, south Manchester, have shot up by almost 60% in just four months
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Kindhearted dinner lady sacked for giving free food to pupils who couldn't pay for their lunch
Schools
The practice is against the law in Colorado, so charitable Della Curry has been given her marching orders
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Food poverty: One fifth of children going to school hungry, shocking study reveals
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Report by Kellogg's reveals families with the lowest income were worst affected
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Over one million Irish people too broke to afford basics like food, heating and clothing
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Number of children living in deprivation and at risk of poverty has risen sharply to almost one in eight
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Grieving family hires CRANE to lower obese 27 stone relative's custom made coffin into grave
Obesity
Ecaterina Moldovan was so heavy, her family had to spend their savings on buying specialist items for her burial
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One in five children is living in poverty, shocking survey reveals
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Social Justice Ireland report shows the 120,000 person increase since beginning of recession
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