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     <title><![CDATA[SVP Make a Submission on the Rent Supplement scheme]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[SVP make a Submission on Supplementary Welfare Allowance & a review of Maximum Rent Supplements. SVP stresses the importance of the rent supplement scheme in providing the resources for a home for people in need. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[St Vincent de Paul offers support to farm households in current fodder crisis]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[We have become aware of situations where, with scarce fodder, money that should be used to provide food and household needs is being used to keep animals alive..]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:25:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Charities band together to make school uniforms more affordable]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP), Barnardos and National Parents Council Post Primary (NPCpp) know how the cost of school uniforms can put many families under unnecessary financial pressure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:57:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP Statement on Prime Time programme]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The RTE PrimeTime programme broadcast last night (25 April) entitled Riches from Rags highlighted an issue that is of great concern to all charities who collect clothing to raise funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:04:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP FEATURED ON RTE NATIONWIDE THIS WEEK]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[RTE's top ranking NATIONWIDE television news programme will be devoted entirely to the work of the SVP this Wednesday April 17 at 7 pm to mark the Bicentenary Celebrations of the birth of the Society's Founder Frederic Ozanam. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP's Response & Advice on Communion/Confirmation grants]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The following is the Society of St Vincent de Paul's (SVP) response & advice on the Communion/Confirmation grants]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:40:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[St. Vincent de Paul welcomes extension to fuel allowance ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) welcomes the decision by Joan Burton, Minister for Social Protection, to extend the fuel allowance for another week. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:41:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP supporting families with school going costs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In 2009 SVP carried out a snapshot survey of visitation conferences (response rate 75%) spending over €5,000 a year on direct education help to families.  The highest spend at both primary and secondary level was for school books...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:17:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Turning the tide to recovery?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Below is the letter from Geoff Meagher, National President, published in The Irish Times yesterday in response to an article by An Taoiseach entitled  ‘together we have started to turn the tide to recovery’..]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:42:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[What is beneath the surface in the SVP?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Scratch the surface of an SVP Conference today and you will find people who, unlike the vast majority of their fellow citizens, have sat in many a Traveller’s trailer..]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:59:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Helping to Cut School Costs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[We are constantly working to drive the cost of school down for families under pressure. We are meeting with education leaders to try to reduce the cost of school uniforms. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:10:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Helping People to Manage their Energy Arrears]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the main things people approach us for help with is energy – requests to do with the cost of gas, electricity, oil fills and solid fuels.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP meets Troika and Reveals the Human Face of Austerity]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Following on from meetings between the SVP and the IMF before Christmas, and an informal meeting with the European Commission in January, our Social Justice team met with the Troika ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[TIME FOR GOVERNMENT TO CONCENTRATE ON SOCIAL ISSUES]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The National President of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has called for a national debate on social justice so that Ireland becomes a nation where all of the people are treated equally.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Thank You very much to everybody who contributed to our Annual Appeal 2012]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thank You very much to everybody who contributed to our Annual Appeal 2012. Through your generosity and support of our Appeal it helped the Society  to provide the much needed assistance, by way of food, fuel and toys to those most in need.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP Submission on Working Age Income Supports ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) makes submission to the Advisory Group on Tax and Welfare regarding Working Age Supports, December 2012 
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     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:53:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SOCIAL ISSUES MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent de Paul has said that neither the Troika nor the Government is listening to the message that many people are in serious family, financial and personal difficulties because of the austerity which is being forced upon them.

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     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:58:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Government has not respected the human dignity of people ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA["The Government has not respected the human dignity of people affected by the cutbacks and salary cuts it has imposed on the public. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP’S PRE-BUDGET POLICY DOCUMENT TO GOVERNMENT]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[‘In our submission for Budget 2013, individuals and families must have a sufficient income to afford a minimum essential standard of living. This means that income supports for children and supports to facilitate welfare to work must be protected...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:15:01 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP LAUNCHES THE HUMAN FACE OF AUSTERITY]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[This publication provides an insight into the reality of life on a low income. Each section begins with a list of the measures taken since the recession began that have worsened the situation of people who are struggling to make ends meet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Ulster Bank’s ATM Giving benefits Saint Vincent de Paul]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ulster Bank has become the first bank in Ireland to enable its customers donate to charities at any of its ATMs in the island of Ireland. Customers will be able to donate between €1 and €250 to one of eight specified charities.
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     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:04:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP SERVER UNDER MAINTENANCE]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Due to essential maintenance work on the SVP server some of the online facilities such as Donation receipts & the setting up of fundraising events may be disrupted.  ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:38:34 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[A BIG THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[We would like to thank all the people and members who gave their time to help us with our National Bag Pack last weekend.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:00:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Ordinary People Pay for Others' Greed]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The National Vice-President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has highlighted the lack of “the voice of social justice” in the national media.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:04:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SVP? ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dublin's first Youth Conference of the Holy Ghost was established in Blackrock College in 1900. Its first secretary was the young Eamon de Valera who later became President of the Conference from 1901 to 1904.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:22:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[GOVERNMENT GIVES SOCIAL JUSTICE A LOW PRIORITY ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ireland has fallen so low in terms of social justice that the well-being of financial investors in failed banks is being placed at a higher priority than the poor, the disadvantaged, the sick, children at school and the elderly, according to the SVP]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:59:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul condemns gas increase]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) condemns the decision of the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) to permit Bord Gais Energy (BGE) an increase of 8.5 per cent in gas prices.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:05:34 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[NEW AUTUMN EDITION OF BULLETIN AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The AUTUMN edition of the SVP quarterly magazine of social justice will be published next week. The magazine will be on sale to the public through Eason’s stores and other newsagent outlets]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:23:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Urgently Seeking Volunteers – Dunnes Stores Bag Pack]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Urgently Seeking Volunteers – Dunnes Stores Bag Pack in aid of SVP – October 5th and 6th 2012]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:40:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[RCSI students raise €41,000 for charity ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[On 30 May 2012, several of RCSI's Clubs and Societies gathered for a unique photo shoot.  The occasion aimed to mark the commitment and dedication of RCSI students in raising funds for charity.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:27:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Those who lecture lack the understanding of suffering]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) has criticised those lecturing from well-placed positions when justifying austerity, for suggesting that they understand the problems of ordinary people.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:49:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ireland’s first annual National Volunteering Week organised by Volunteer Ireland takes place between May 14th – May 20th.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:48:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Online calculator for mimimum essential standard of living launched]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Online tool launched to calculate the minimum expenditure & income needs for a Minimum Essential Standard of Living]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:05:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Come along & see us at the Irish Charities Expo 2012 ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Exhibition will get charities and businesses, along with members of the public, together in the same venue so that they can network, develop partnerships and share best practice. 
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     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:24:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[BILLY BAILEY TO SPREAD LAUGHTER IN AID OF SVP]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[English actor, musician and comedian extraordinaire Bill Bailey is in Dublin on May 31st at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, formerly known as the Grand Canal Theatre.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP supports campaign to protect one parent families]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul supports the campaign led by OPEN (an organisation representing lone parent groups in Ireland) to oppose the removal of the One Parent Family Payment once the youngest child in a family reaches seven years of age. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:30:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP MAKE SUBMISSION ON PROPERTY TAX]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[This submission highlights the crucial need for adequate exchequer resources for inclusive local services, including social housing and related investment and maintenance]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:19:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[MASSIVE CUTBACKS IN SPENDING DUE TO RECESSION]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new survey released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) into spending amongst Irish households’ shows further evidence of the difficulties facing the many people.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:47:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH ON DONATIONS TAX RELIEF]]></title>
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     <description><![CDATA[A study has been published by the Trinity College Dublin Policy Institute which presents the results of a year long research project which has established the cost of a minimum standard of living for a variety of Irish family types.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The SOCIETY OF ST.VINCENT DE PAUL has for the first time in its history released its quarterly magazine for public sale]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Thank you to everyone who supported the 2011 Society of St. Vincent de Paul Urgent Appeal. Your support enabled us to visit 150,000 homes over Christmas.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP HELP TO IDENTIFY OLDER, ISOLATED PEOPLE WITH DIGITAL TV SWITCHOVER]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Community Outreach Digital Switchover Programme is a major community effort to assist people to make the switchover from analogue to digital television before the analogue signal is turned off on 24 October 2012. ]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[The BUDGET - apparently it was both FAIR and REFORMING!]]></title>
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 ------------- But that is politically confusing the use of language]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has said that the chasm in the mindset between those in power and those in need whom the Society serves is appalling.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:38:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Christmas Comes Early for SVP & ALONE as ESB launches €1 Million Winter Charity Programme]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[ESB has a long tradition of working with St Vincent de Paul and will support them with a significant cash donation before Christmas and a special promotion in 2012 that will continue to raise funds for the charity.  

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     <title><![CDATA[Mrs Brown’s Brendan O'Carroll puts Christmas Dinner on table for families]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Brendan O'Carroll (of Mrs Brown’s fame) has kindly given The Society a substantial donation of Turkey and Ham vouchers for use this Christmas Time.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The National President of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has said that the next few weeks can be the coldest of the year and that its members throughout the country will be checking on the elderly and families with young children...]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Storyfold Release Single with all proceeds going to SVP]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[*Storyfold* - Dublin based quintet have been together for just over a year. ]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Mario Rosenstock and Ian Dempsey announced on the Today FM’s Breakfast Show that they will return to the Olympia Theatre in Dublin on Thursday, 15th of December]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:36:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[SVP will be having their Christmas Church Door collection this Saturday and Sunday.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[SVP is supportive of measures which would help lone parents to access quality employment that will lift them out of poverty....]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) is concerned that a large number of families who seek its support will be further disadvantaged by many elements of  Budget 2012.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:11:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) welcomes the fact that basic social welfare rates are being maintained.
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     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:25:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[RTÉ 2fm’s Hector O’ hEochagáin had a “hearth-warming surprise” when he received a call from Bord na Móna pledging the value of 20,000 briquettes to help thousands of the weakest and most vulnerable people in Ireland this Christmas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:50:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[A new home heating tax will hurt families, the poor and the elderly]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Solid Fuel Trade Group and Age Action are today issuing an urgent appeal to the government not to introduce a new carbon tax while fuel poor groups remain unprotected from this new measure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:05:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP Urgent Appeal receives boost with €25,000 donation from bestselling author]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bestselling author Marian Keyes has given an immediate donation of €25,000 from the Irish royalties of her next book to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
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     <description><![CDATA[Worry about the budget is palpable says Society of St Vincent de Paul as it deals with unprecedented levels of calls for help.
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     <title><![CDATA[Urgently Seeking Volunteers – SVP & Dunnes Stores National Bag-Pack Nov 4th/5th ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dunnes Stores have once again kindly given the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul the opportunity to bag-pack in their stores nationwide on the 4th/5th November 2011.

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     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:24:49 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[OLDER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES RISK BEING LEFT BEHIND BY THE DIGITAL TV REVOLUTION]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[How would you feel if you found yourself without access to television? Television is one of our main sources of information, education and entertainment, and is a crucial communication link for older...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:27:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[At the end of 2010, one in every ten residential mortgages was in trouble. By March 2011 it was one in nine. ]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Vincent’s flew the flag for SVP for three days at the National Ploughing championships in Athy. ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Vincent’s flew the flag for SVP for three days at the National Ploughing Championships in Athy.

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     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:33:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Child Deprivation Indicators Research Report Launched]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two leading poverty charities have said that Ireland’s current measures of poverty do not adequately reflect children’s specific experience of poverty and deprivation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Loneliness is the biggest problem faced by older people according to new study]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Loneliness is the biggest individual problem faced by older people living alone, according to a new report, “Older people - experiences and issues” published by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Following on from this campaign the Irish Educational Publishers Association (IEPA) have agreed not to revise any edition of a book within four years of publication]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[BE GOOD NEIGHBOURS PARTICULARLY TO OLDER PEOPLE]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) is urging people all over Ireland to support the sixth Macra Na Feirme ‘Know Your Neighbour’ Weekend which takes place this weekend (9th & 10th July). ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[BRINGING QUILTED UNITY TO A PRISON ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cloverhill Prison Visitors Centre is a purpose-built modern building attached to Cloverhill Remand Prison which has capacity for 430 prisoners at Clondalkin in Dublin.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:46:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP Croi na Gaillimhe Resource Centre Pilots First Community Model]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Croi na Gaillimhe Resource Centre, St Vincent de Paul the first community model of the Living Scenes Intergenerational Programme designed by NUI Galway....]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP wins an All Ireland Marketing Award for their Christmas 2010 Annual Appeal – Give Hope Campaign]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent De Paul is delighted to announce that they have won an All Ireland Marketing Award for their Christmas 2010 Annual Appeal – Give Hope Campaign.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Education & Self-Help Programmes Necessary to Break the Poverty Cycle]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the key international strategies for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the coming years will be an emphasis on Systemic Change to seek to break the cycle of poverty.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 16:43:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The End Child Poverty Coalition, a group of eight NGOs, including the Society of St Vincent de Paul, is calling on the new Government to take concrete actions to end child poverty. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:33:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A brand new, impressive shop located in the heart of Limerick City’s refurbished retail centre at Thomas Street is a “far cry” from the original SVP....]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:44:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP CONCERNED AT SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IT IS SEEING]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The National Council of the Society St. Vincent de Paul has expressed great concern about the increasing depth and complexity of the problems facing people...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Urgently Seeking Volunteers – SVP & Dunnes Stores National Bag-Pack May 13th/14th ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dunnes Stores have once again kindly given the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul the opportunity to bag-pack in their stores nationwide on the 13th/14th May 2011.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:10:49 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP Submission on Customer Protection in the Deregulated Electricity Market]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Energy costs and the (lack of) protection for financially vulnerable customers has been at the forefront of the SVP policy agenda for the last 5 years.  ]]></description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:11:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Election outcome must give us a fairer society says long-serving St Vincent de Paul volunteer Tom MacSweeney]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:06:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Two of Ireland’s biggest lay Catholic organisations Trócaire and The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) working to eradicate poverty nationally and internationally, are calling on those who aspire to lead our country ...]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent de Paul has published a list of seven questions which its members will be asking of candidates seeking votes in the General Election.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[PROVIDING NEARLY 3,000 BED NIGHTS IN LONGFORD ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent de Paul is the biggest charity dealing with the homeless in Ireland. An example of this is in the town of Longford where two hostels.....]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:06:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Trócaire and the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP), hosted a public pre-election debate with representatives from the five political parties...]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The first SVP shop in Mid-Louth has been opened in Dunleer. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:56:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Politicians, employer organisations and economists who think that increasing poverty is the pathway to economic prosperity are seriously deluded...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:47:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The RTÉ 2fm Toys for Tubs appeal provided the Society of St. Vincent de Paul with over €250,000 worth of toys to help Santa share with almost 20,000 children last Christmas.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Husband-and-wife team Alan and Gillian O’Rourke of Kells have taken up important Oriel Regional Council posts. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:40:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The SVP in Athlone has reported increasing concern about the problems faced by smaller businesses where families have been self-supporting for decades....]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The National President of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has said that social justice in Ireland is being “lost in a fog” created by those who promote selfish, self-serving ideas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:26:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[President Mary McAleese officially opened Croí na Gaillimhe Resource Centre]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[President of Ireland, Mary McAleese officially opened the new Resource Centre called Croí na Gaillimhe which is under the auspices of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, Galway.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:25:56 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[The Saw Doctors & Smyths Toys donate €10,000 to the SVP]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a novel fundraising scheme, Smyths Toys partnered with 
The Saw Doctors for the charity release of Red Cortina....]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:42:32 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[German students contribute to SVP Annual Appeal]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Support for the St. Vincent de Paul Annual Appeal came from an unusual source this week when toys and children’s presents arrived in Dublin.....]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:51:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Leaders of the two main churches in Ireland, made an impromtu visit on the local branch of St Vincent de Paul in Irelands ecclesiastical capital of Armagh. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:25:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Padraig Harrington Supports Toys for Tubs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Golfer Padraig Harrington supports Toys for Tubs for SVP.
As part of the RTE 2fm Toys for Tubs Appeal with Ryan Tubridy for Society of St. Vincent de Paul]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Eddie Izzard, one of the foremost Stand-Ups of this generation, will perform a rare intimate show at Vicar St. on Tuesday 14th December to raise funds for the Society of St Vincent De Paul & to assist them in the valuable work that they do. 

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     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:57:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Dreammaker slot on the RTE/National Lottery Winning Streak TV programme on Saturday 4th December]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:08:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The fallout from this budget will create serious difficulties for those on social welfare and in work on low pay. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[The Saw Doctors Raise Funds for SVP This Christmas]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Saw Doctors and Smyth’s Toys
in Novel Scheme to Raise Funds for
St.Vincent De Paul this Christmas]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:56:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[As the the largest direct non profit charitable organisation in Ireland we are very concerned at the elements of the Government's Four Year Plan..]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:51:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[DAMIEN DEMPSEY & GLEN HANSARD TO LAUNCH NEW SINGLE IN AID OF SVP]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Glen Hansard & Damien Dempsey are set to release ‘The Auld Triangle’ on December 3rd 2010 to raise awareness and much needed funds for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, (SVP).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:53:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[TOYS FOR TUBS]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ryan Tubridy has joined forces with the Society of St Vincent De Paul to spread the word of the "Giving Tree" project which is run throughout the country.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:48:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Maintain the real value of the Qualified Child Increase, by adjusting the payment to compensate....]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:31:32 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[In its Pre-Budget Submission the End Child Poverty Coalition (ECPC) says that we must ensure that children are not made to pay the price for our economic crisis. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[The Poor Can’t Pay Launches Campaign to Demand that TDs Protect People on Lowest Incomes from Further Cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A coalition of leading charities, community and voluntary groups, trade unions and academics has launched a new hard-hitting campaign which calls on all TD’s to take a pledge to protect the most vulnerable in society from Budget cuts.

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     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:22:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A high proportion of Irish rural families cannot afford the basics required to maintain a minimum standard of living. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:02:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[BALLINA SVP DEALS WITH ENDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A “network” of service providers to help those in need of assistance in these difficult economic times has been set up at Ballina in County Mayo. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:54:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Liam Fitzpatrick, former National Vice-President and former Cork Regional President was elected as International Treasurer General of the Society of St.Vincent ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:09:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Ireland is a nation in which the lives of many thousands of people have been impoverished by a greed-fuelled drive for profit, according to the Society of St.Vincent de Paul's quarterly magazine of social concern, the OZANAM BULLETIN. 
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     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:02:32 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Dunnes Stores have once again kindly given the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul the opportunity to bag pack in their stores nationwide on the 26th/27th November 2010. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:35:37 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[INSURANCE COMPANIES MUST DEAL FAIRLY WITH FLOOD VICTIMS]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Cork Regional President of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has called on insurance companies to show a greater degree of fairness in dealing with the claims of flood victims for compensation. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:18:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Celebrate the contribution of older people urges St Vincent de Paul ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul  (SVP) is urging people all over Ireland to support  Age Action’s Positive Aging Week from 24 September to 2 October 2010. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:51:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[ “GOVERNMENT IS FAILING TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE - THIS MUST & CAN BE REVERSED IN BUDGET 2011”]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A meeting took place between the 17 members of the Community and Voluntary Pillar of Social Partnership presented their proposals on how the Government can best develop an integrated national recovery strategy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Launch of Commission of Older People ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul has established a Commission of Older People. The purpose of this group is to facilitate and oversee a large-scale  ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:22:37 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Mizen to Malin - SVP to Uganda]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many may not be aware that as well as working with the needy in its own local areas, part of St. Vincent de Paul's work is to Twin with African countries...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:42:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul  (SVP) is urging people all over Ireland to support the fifth Macra Na Feirme ‘Know Your Neighbour’ Weekend which takes place on  24th-25th July.
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     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:50:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Employees at all Abbott sites recently took part in the Clothing appeal for St Vincent de Paul. Each year SVP asks people all around  Ireland to donate unwanted clothes which will then be sold in the SVP stores nationwide.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Article by Cork Regional President Brendan Dempsey in the Evening Echo Newspaper
Two thousand years ago the Chinese had a very old proverb which said that “even the biggest feast had to end”. So it was with the “Celtic Tiger feast”!]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[EMPLOYERS' CAMPAIGN WILL HIT LOW INCOMES]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[There are 615,000 people, or 14% of the population, living in poverty according to the Central Statistics Office. Almost 200,000 of them are children. 116,000 of them are in employment. 
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     <title><![CDATA[75 YEARS OF SVP SUNSHINE HOLIDAYS]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[SVP Sunshine House celebrated its 75th year in operation with an ‘open day’ at this seaside holiday retreat just 25 minutes from Dublin.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[It is horrifying to be told that the real unemployment figure in Ireland may be 18 per cent.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:47:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[“Find Time For Others,” SVP Leader Tells Students]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The leader of the St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) in the North-East has appealed to young people to give some of their time to that charity or other voluntary groups that help others. ]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Support SVP in the South East]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The South East region of SVP is in urgent need of your support.
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     <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 10:12:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[RENT SUPPLEMENT – SVP VIEW]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[By John Monaghan, SVP National Social Justice and Policy Committee
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     <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 09:00:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[FAMILIES MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD AND HEAT]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[“In what should be a time of reducing energy costs, more and more households are vulnerable to fuel poverty.” ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 09:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[STATE SYSTEM OF SUPPORTING CHILDREN IS NOT WORKING]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul has examined State supports given to help families with children and has made a submission to the Department of Social and Family Affairs on the ‘Value for Money and Policy of Child Income]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 08:21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[In a Quarterly Review of National Social Issues, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the largest charitable organisation in Ireland has expressed deep concern about the extent of fuel poverty..]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[WIDESPREAD RENTAL ABUSE HIGHLIGHTED BY SVP ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society has urged the Government to set maximum rent limits for single people and lone parent households.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Three new Conferences of the SVP, the local parish unit, have been opened in the South-East Region and more are planned.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The National President of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has urged the Government to recognise that people are the vital part of any economy. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:32:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Once known as the Pearl of Africa Uganda is beginning to recover her sparkle.  ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:14:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Dublin Regional Council of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul is developing plans for a social housing project at Kilcoole.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:05:41 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The National Director of the Society of St.Vincent De Paul has said that people who need assistance in these difficult economic times should not be ashamed to contact the SVP.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:26:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[It is hoped that members of the society, inspite of their many commitments, will join the other members of the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice at our ‘Gathering’ in All Hallows on the 15th of May 2010 for the 350th celebrations ]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[CUT THE COST OF SCHOOL BOOKS]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The cost of school books must be reduced. because more and more families can no longer meet the demands imposed on them by the costs involved.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:54:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The St. Vincent de Paul Resource Centre ‘Croí na Gaillimhe’ completed another successful programme last weekend.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A new Regional Office of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been established in Naas, Co. Kildare, which is within the Society’s South Midlands Region.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:02:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A new Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been set up in Kinnegad in County Westmeath. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Join The World of Difference Programme]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Have you ever dreamed about volunteering for the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and getting paid for your time?

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     <description><![CDATA[Come and join the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Team at the Annual Flora Women’s Mini Marathon on Monday the 7th of June.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:45:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will children remember their big day for all the right or wrong reasons?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[As the First Holy Communion season approaches this year, parents are facing yet another costly bill that they could do without.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:23:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The preparation of the Code of Practice for Energy Suppliers coincides with a difficult time for many Irish households. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:34 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Learning Tree bears fruits at Croí na Gaillimhe]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A learning tree which symbolises the highs and lows of adult learning was unveiled on Wednesday February 24th by Lord Mayor of Galway, Declan McDonnell.   ]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Support SVP by Running in the Kildare Half Marathon on May 9th]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Support the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and get FREE ENTRY to the inaugural Kildare half marathon on the 9th May 2010!

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     <description><![CDATA[For over 30 years the SVP in Northern Ireland has run a centre at Clare Lodge in Newcastle, Co. Down....]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:18:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Bill Cullen, Jackie Lavin and Lorraine Keane Join Norma Smurfit to launch Ireland’s Biggest ‘Spring Clean for Charity Sale’.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:31:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION FASHION PARADES MUST END]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[By Brendan Dempsey, Cork Regional President SVP
The Cork Regional President of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has called for an end to pressures placed on families by First Communions and Confirmations. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Croí na Gaillimhe Resource Centre shortlisted for the AIB Better Ireland Programme.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The National Director of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has said that the Society is dealing with an increase in the number of people who would never have expected to have to seek help with their problems. ]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) has published its short guide to social welfare rates and its response to Budget 2010. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:47:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[St. Vincent de Paul announce €3million Special Fuel Fund for people in need]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[St. Vincent de Paul expects to spend €3million to assist people in need with additional fuel costs in coming months

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     <title><![CDATA[How the Poor Were Made to Pay]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Poor Can’t Pay ask Taoiseach for immediate commitment that welfare will not be cut further and minimum income protected]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:42:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Be Alert to People Isolated in the Arctic Conditions]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul is receiving reports of hardship due to the non-delivery of social welfare and pension cheques and many people worried about how they will cope with the additional cost of heating and fuel because of the weather.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:04:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent de Paul indicated today that it will respond effectively to those who find they need assistance and request help during the current severe weather.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The quarterly journal of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Ireland has said that it is "always the rich and well-off" who tell those in financial difficulties....]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Ireland has warned that there is an increasing danger of child poverty.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:23:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Lord Mayor Cllr Dara Murphy presented Brendan Dempsey, SVP Cork Regional President with €2,000 worth of Bord Gas Vouchers to distribute to those in need.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:37:06 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul in Cork raise more than €175,000 from their annual Christmas Draw. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:28:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent de Paul in Navan in County Meath is to re-commence special visitation of hospitals and the elderly in the town]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Seandun Macra are hosting a Christmas Theme Table Quiz in aid of St. Vincent de Paul on Thurs 17th December 2009]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:33:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul provides help for over 20,000 families at Christmas, in the Dublin area alone.  This help includes toys for children, gifts for adults, the elderly and hampers for families.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A Conference of the SVP in Galway is managing the spending of a bequest of nearly €8m. to the Society.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul says that the Budget is particularly harsh on people working for low pay rates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:54:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[We’re holding the Raising Cork Quiz in Silver Spring Moran Hotel on Monday December 7th in aid of the Cork Flood Victims – with all proceeds going to the SVP Cork Flood Victims Fund.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:59:17 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[All Conference Presidents of the Society of St.Vincent throughout the country are now able to access a new internal website developed by the Society to provide additional support and resources in relation to Human Resources. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:33:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Following the launch of the SVP pre-Budget Submission entitled Don’t Push them Over the Edge the Society met with Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin, and Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:43:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[ FAITH REWARDED AS LISMORE ST VINCENT DE PAUL CENTRE OPENS]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three years of dedicated voluntary endeavour came to fruition when Kieran Stafford, South-East Regional President cut the ribbon to officially open the new SVP Resource Centre in Lismore, Co. Waterford.  ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:52:39 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A social evening to launch the newly-formed Good Shepherd Conference in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, proved an outstanding success.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:45:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[St.Vincent de Paul ask donors to call in advance before delivering donations of goods]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:18:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Around 100,000 calls for assistance expected between now and Christmas by Society of St. Vincent de Paul]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is gearing up for an avalanche of calls for assistance in the coming weeks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[We have just launched a brand new feature on our website you can now personalise, purchase and send e-cards to family or friends or even clients this Christmas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:35:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent de Paul, in making its pre-Budget submission to the Government, which calls for the marginalised not to be harshly treated, says that it “understands the need for economic stability.”]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:54:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[In its pre-Budget submission to the Government, the Society contrasts how much of the public debate surrounding the recession has been dominated by those in “establishment” organisations ...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Any “crude cut” in the rates of Child Benefit payments will impact disproportionately on vulnerable, low-income families, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has warned the Government.
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     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:39:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[People are in such bad circumstances that they are asking the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for supplies of food.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SOCIAL WELFARE PAYMENTS STAY IN IRELAND]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s pre-Budget submission to the Government has pointed out that the vast bulk of expenditure on Social Welfare remains in Ireland....]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:30:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TIMES]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP), the largest charitable organisation in Ireland and the people it helps are facing an extraordinarily difficult and challenging time. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:23:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Launching the Society’s Pre-Budget Submission to the Government titled “Don’t Push Them Over the Edge”...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Don't Cut The Rent Supplement Safety Net]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rent supplement is a vital safety net for many of our poorest households preventing them from becoming homeless.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:36:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Politicians and Employers Should Respect Human Dignity]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[“There is exploitation when the Master considers the worker, not as an associate, not as a helper, but purely as an instrument from which the employer can draw the greatest service at the lowest possible cost.”]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:02:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[There are so many demands for help being made to the Society of St.Vincent de Paul at present, that the response of members is being severely tested The Society has developed a programme “From the Ground Up,” ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Making It Easier to Contact the SVP]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent de Paul is making it more easy and quicker for those in need to make contact.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:33:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent de Paul is the biggest voluntary charitable organisation in Ireland and is anxious to recruit more young people as members, where they can make a valuable contribution to assisting those who are in need and vulnerable in Ireland.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Does Anyone in Government Care?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The National President of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has bluntly challenged the Government to answer the question of whether it cares about the suffering of the people, which its policies are creating.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:57:37 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[9,500 SVP Volunteers Facing Severe Problems]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The economic difficulties are now causing such massive social problems for families and individuals that the Society has issued a public warning...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[President McAleese says SVP is powerful advocate]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[President McAleese has described the SVP as "a powerful advocate" for those whose voice might not otherwise be heard."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:13:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Autumn edition of ‘THE IRISH SVP OZANAM BULLETIN,’ the quarterly review of social conditions in Ireland, published by the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has issued a warning to the Government ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:48:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The single biggest challenge to the Irish people is the creation of a more equal nation, a society in which everyone is equal, according to the National Director of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul, Kieran Murphy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:06:39 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A NATIONAL MEETING of Presidents of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul, from local parish Conference level, special, Area and Regional Councils, will be held at Croke Park]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:45:17 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Society of Saint Vincent de Paul new homes for older people officially opened and wins the Irish Council for Social Housing Award ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A complex of 37 homes for older people, built and managed by the St Benedict’s Conference of Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP), was officially opened and blessed by Dr. Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin.. 
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     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:48:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP NATIONAL DIRECTOR WARNS GOVERNMENT NOT TO PENALISE THE VULNERABLE]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The biggest challenge facing Ireland is the creation of a more equal society, the National Director of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Teachers and students from Uganda visited the SVP in Donegal and examined the similarities and differences between them and to learn from each other.  ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Youth membership of the SVP follows in the footsteps of the 21-year-old student, Frederic Ozanam, who founded the Society. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[COMMUNITY SUPPORT SCHEME FOR OLDER PEOPLE MUST BE RESTORED]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Community Supports scheme for Older People Scheme was suspended last April. The SVP has expressed deep concern and dissatisfaction about this action.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A new Conference of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul has been established in Lismore, Co.Waterford.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The National President of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul, Mairead Bushnell, led an SVP team which met the President and General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) at SVP headquarters in Dublin ]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[North Belfast has seen its share of problems over the last 30 years, the Limestone Road area being one of the flashpoints.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Carol O’Flaherty is the new SOUTH-EAST MEATH Area President. She succeeds Meg Houlihan of Ashbourne, whose term has expired. Carol]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:51:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The SVP has expressed concern that the increase in on-line gambling and the use of free bets as incentives to encourage people to gamble may have a harmful effect on vulnerable people, particularly those on low incomes. ]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Employers and their representative organisations have combined, supported by a number of Government Ministers, to attack the national minimum wage and to demand cuts in social welfare rates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:21:41 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society has been chosen TWICE as the ‘CHARITY OF THE YEAR’ by two of the country’s commercial organisations.
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     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:46:56 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Four new apartments for social housing have been opened by the Society of St.Vincent de Paul in Killarney, County Kerry. They are in addition to eight existing apartments and bring the total number built by the SVP in Killarney to 20.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Responding to the growing problems facing people because of the current economic situation, Area Presidents of the Society in the Ormonde Region, which covers Tipperary and Kilkenny,]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[As the recession bites ever deeper, the oldest charity shop in Navan, Co. Meath, has equipped itself to meet the challenges posed by the worsening economic situation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:05:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[With rising unemployment, more and more people are anxious to find a way to earn a living.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:58:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL offices around the country are reporting continued increases in the number of people calling to seek help. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[SVP WARNS THE GOVERNMENT -  THE POOR CANNOT PAY]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[As the Government this week received the report of the Commission on Taxation, the SVP National Management Council criticised the Government’s attitude towards those most in need.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[NO JUSTIFICATION FOR NEW SCHOOL BOOKS EVERY YEAR]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Society of St.Vincent de Paul Calls on Teachers to Help Parents
There has been increasing concern voiced by parents and their representative groups about the way in which school books are changed every year, with huge cost repercussions for families.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:16:27 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[We are delighted to announce that one of our very own volunteers, Shane Burke who is the president of St. Joseph’s conference, Eastwall, has been selected to be an escort at this year’s Rose of Tralee festival.  

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     <description><![CDATA[A year and a half ago, the European Union (EU) funded “Mobility project” was set up to encourage cross-border mobility..]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:08:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Almost half of proposed cuts effect those on social welfare, low incomes and living in disadvantaged areas]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:07:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[To help raise much need funds for St. Vincent de Paul, Ultralase Cork are encouraging people to donate their old or unused prescription glasses...]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:48:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Longford Conference of the Society of St Vincent de Paul was founded on the 4 June 1859 - 150 years ago.  The fact that we will honour its 150th Anniversary on Sunday 6 June, Feast of the Holy Trinity, is fortuitous. ]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[End Child Poverty Coalition EU Parliamentary Hustings Event 27th April 2009]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The End Child Poverty Coalition is a partnership of seven national non-governmental organisations that have come together to achieve a common goal: to end child poverty in Ireland.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul believes that this budget has no positive message for low earners or those under threat of losing their jobs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:38:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Burden must be shared by those who benefited most, not those who benefited least]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Based on the increased demand for help in recent months, up almost 30% in some parts of the country, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul has identified five areas where the forthcoming budget could bring even more hardship on the most vulnerable. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[In a world of increasing coarseness, there is a race to the bottom]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The ambitions of young men and women were fuelled by the banks and other financial institutions, which offered huge amounts of money on loan at low interest rates for house purchase and extensions. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:54:49 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[It is not too late to rekindle the desirable traits of the Irish people]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Most citizens are aware of what has happened – many would refer to the current situation as “the passing of the Celtic Tiger.”  However, perhaps the question that should be posed is – ‘Why did it happen?’]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:54:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Has our concern and courtesy for each other disappeared? There has been economic progress, now there is economic distress. I went away and reflected on this question of ‘What has happened to Ireland]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:53:34 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[In our quest for wealth we have forgotten one of the cornerstones of civilisation - community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:53:01 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Life no doubt has changed but exactly what is different now? 

A Government that has lost complete touch with the poor and the hard-pressed. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:52:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Work, Success and Money have been people’s main goal to the detriment of family life]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the Ireland of today we are living closer together, yet we have become much further apart in more ways than one.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:51:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St.Vincent De Paul is not pleased with the way in which the Government is responding to the social problems in Ireland. 
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     <title><![CDATA[St. Vincent De Paul Annual Report Shows That The Cold Wind Of Recession Is Biting As Calls For Help Soar]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Society of St. Vincent de Paul launched its annual report and annual appeal in Dublin today showing that food,energy and school costs are main problems.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[On 17th October, Richard Whitty, Facilities Manager accepted the 2008 OHS Award on behalf of the Dublin Region. ]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The SVP opposes the removal of these cards for a number of reasons]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The lack of Government action on issues around health inequality is of serious concern, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) said yesterday.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[THOUSANDS of families have contacted the Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) in recent weeks to help them meet the cost of sending their children back to school.]]></description>
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