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SVP mourns the loss of Michael O'Keeffe 12 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has sustained a huge loss with the tragic death of Michael O’Keeffe, a member of the Society’s National Management Council and SVP North-East Regional Council Presid...
SVP National President says that a small number of people controlling the lives of people in Ireland not good for democracy 30 Jul 2013 | 08:38 pm
A by-product of the economic downturn we have suffered is that our lives are being controlled and managed by an increasingly smaller number of people. That cannot be good for democracy
The Society of St Vincent de Paul has expressed concern at a new selling tactic by a moneylending company 30 Jul 2013 | 04:10 pm
Provident Personal Credit, the largest regulated moneylending company in Ireland is now offering One4all gift vouchers instead of cash. People who buy these vouchers pay high rates of interest for a p...
Sneaky changes to entitlements and delays in processing claims are adding to burden of struggling families 15 Jul 2013 | 02:49 pm
Society of St Vincent de Paul call to public to make their voice heard for end to austerity budgets
It’s not rocket science – school costs too much 26 Jun 2013 | 09:16 pm
It’s not rocket science – school costs too much. This was the simple message SVP Social Justice brought to the Oireachtas Committee which yesterday launched their Tackling Back to School Costs report
Should We Believe Political Promises? 25 Jun 2013 | 02:10 pm
While still in opposition, now Taoiseach Enda Kenny once told us that taxing the family home would be wrong, writes the Cork Evening Echo’s Political Editor, Mary Smithwick, in an article in the SVP B...
Ulster Bank match customer donations for One Week in June 17 Jun 2013 | 01:55 pm
Throughout the month of June, Ulster Bank is teaming up with 14 charities,including Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, across Ireland, to raise much needed funding for the great causes they support.
The Price of Being Poor - The Irish Times supports SVP’s call for low-cost solution to credit needs 12 Jun 2013 | 08:32 pm
The Irish Times has published an article today backing the call for greater information around money lending and a low-cost solution to the credit needs of those on low income.
Warning of potential money lending crisis by St Vincent de Paul 10 Jun 2013 | 02:59 pm
The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has warned of a potential money lending crisis in Ireland and has called on the Central Bank to publish baseline data to take money lending out of the shadows.
The IMF Doesn't Like The Poverty Facts 5 Jun 2013 | 05:15 pm
Audry Deane, SVP Social Justice and Policy Officer, takes issue with the Head of the International Monetary Fund when she congratulated the Taoiseach and Finance Minister on “the Government’s success ...
