Before Covid:
2018-19 saw a 13% increase in Foodbank use in NI. 2018 saw 1,758 food parcels go to children during the Summer.
Consistently 1 in 5 kids are living in absolute poverty before housing costs. https://twitter.com/TadhgHickey/status/1385518369462489089
Jonathan Ball (3) killed by a bomb left in a bin in Warrington - 20 Mar 1993
Siobhan McCabe (4) killed when the IRA opened fire on soldiers in the street - 10 August 1975
Paul Crummey (4) killed while playing outside his home when the IRA opened fire on soldiers - 16 May 1973
Graeme Dougan (15 months) killed by an IRA bomb planted in Harmin Park - 1 Jan 1977
Colin Nicholl (17 months) and Tracey Munn (2) killed during the Balmoral Furniture bombing when a wall collapsed on them- 11 Dec 1971
Robert (2) and Lee Houghton (5) killed in the M62 coach bombing - 4 Feb 1974
Angela Gallagher (1) killed by a bullet richocet from the IRA firing up the street - 3 September 1971
Alan Jack (5 months) killed by IRA Bomb in Strabane - 19 July 1972
Nivruti Islania (6 months) killed when the IRA opened fire on the family car and she was hit directly in the head with a single bullet - 26 October 1989
Go back to making "so there's flat mates and one of them is annoying lol" sketches.
Might I suggest it is quite easy to offer your opposition to the shower of utter shite that is FF/FG and whatever stooges they draft into a coalition without belittling or dismissing the wanton slaughter that took place in NI or its own poverty issues from the comfort of Cork.
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