New book on Irish poverty

A book on poverty in Ireland was launched by the Minister for Social Welfare, Mr De Rossa, at the Economic and Social Research…

A book on poverty in Ireland was launched by the Minister for Social Welfare, Mr De Rossa, at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Dublin yesterday. The book, Resources, Deprivation and Poverty, written by Mr Brian Nolan and Mr Christopher Whelan, two ERSI research professors, looks at Irish poverty and discusses Government policies to combat it.

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