Cost Of Living

[charlieTully]

Cost of living is a cross community issue in the Occupied Territories. Inflation does not benefit anyone.
Loyalists are ultra vulnerable. They always get the thin end of the wedge.

I like you sea but you talk some shite.

[imtommygunn]

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/which-has-a-higher-standard-of-living-northern-ireland-or-the-republic-1.4540629
The Bergin-McGuinness study found that poverty rates were considerably higher in Northern Ireland. Based on a poverty line of below 60 per cent of average household income, 15.9 per cent of individuals in the Republic were found to be at risk of relative poverty compared to 23.8 per cent in Northern Ireland.

Inflation will push that number above 1 in 4.

No surprise. We have fallen well behind Republic now. I wouldn't work in North again if I can avoid it

Why would it matter if you got the same money and lived in the same place?

[seafoid]

What is the point of NI if it is poorer than the South?

[Milltown Row2]

What is the point of NI if it is poorer than the South?

It's tough up here, seems fine though in the south

Food banks in the south of Ireland

The main distributor of food through food banks in the south of Ireland is the charity Crosscare based in Dublin.  Crosscare has operated a food distribution warehouse since 1989 which has supplied food to charities such as St Vincent de Paul, Dublin Simon, Focus Ireland and its own centres for the homeless.  Given the worsening economic situation in Ireland and increasing demand for emergency food aid, Crosscare established four new community food banks in Blanchardstown, Bray, Swords and Tallaght.  Crosscare estimates that 60 families per week receive support from each food bank and has plans to open more food banks in Carlow and Cork.  In 2013, Crosscare distributed 450 tonnes of redistributed food providing over 180,000 meals based on the calculation that 1 tonne supplies 400 meals.  This surplus food is supplied by manufacturers, retailers and distributors and much of it is normally used as animal feed by pig farmers and has been diverted to families in need.

Additional providers of emergency food aid in the south of Ireland include Twist Soup Kitchen Ireland which have opened premises in Athlone, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo and Tuam which are collectively feeding 300 people daily.  The Capuchin Day Centre run by the Franciscan Order provides nearly 600 meals a day six days a week as well as distributing 1,200 food parcels weekly.  The food poverty charity, Healthy Food for All, estimates that one in ten people are living in food poverty in Ireland which is defined as 'the inability to have an adequate and nutritious diet due to issues of affordability and access to food with related impacts on health, culture and social participation".  A common message beating out from all of these charities and community groups is that the pressure on their services is growing as the economic recession deepens.

[imtommygunn]

I refer you to Charlie's point  It doesn't matter how poor or rich you are. The union

[seafoid]

These are the people who will be most impacted by inflation

https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/NIMDM17-%20with%20ns.pdf

[Milltown Row2]

Who has time to read 32 pages? Christ, your a laugh. Face it people are in the shit no mater where you live

[LC]

I think there is a serious shock coming for people in the next few months as I believe that on the face of it a lot of people are living above their means.  When I drop my kids off at school or take them to one of their matches once you take out the Audis, BMWs, Volvo and other 4 x 4s out of it there would not be many vehicles left.  Young professionals buying their first home are paying more for their property and carrying more student debt yet starting salaries have not changed substantially.  Once the first child comes then creche etc kicks in and that is not cheap.

[imtommygunn]

Mortgages could be the problem. Handed out based on disposable income etc and now that will be shrank dramatically.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/which-has-a-higher-standard-of-living-northern-ireland-or-the-republic-1.4540629
The Bergin-McGuinness study found that poverty rates were considerably higher in Northern Ireland. Based on a poverty line of below 60 per cent of average household income, 15.9 per cent of individuals in the Republic were found to be at risk of relative poverty compared to 23.8 per cent in Northern Ireland.

Inflation will push that number above 1 in 4.

No surprise. We have fallen well behind Republic now. I wouldn't work in North again if I can avoid it

Why would it matter if you got the same money and lived in the same place?

I can't get the same money is my point and I'm near eligible now for state pension both sides of the border

[seafoid]

Who has time to read 32 pages? Christ, your a laugh. Face it people are in the shit no mater where you live

1. Rates of poverty are higher in the North
2. The North is more fragile. Knocknaheeney is unlikely to go over the top.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PE

[armaghniac]

Mortgages could be the problem. Handed out based on disposable income etc and now that will be shrank dramatically.

And of course variable interest rates will increase. However, post 2007 mortgages generally left some headroom, unlike the pre crash ones.

[seafoid]

Mortgages could be the problem. Handed out based on disposable income etc and now that will be shrank dramatically.

And of course variable interest rates will increase. However, post 2007 mortgages generally left some headroom, unlike the pre crash ones.

Interest rates went over 15% in 1979/80 because of inflation. Set off a massive recession
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIh5dUOz824

Rates  also went to 13% in 2992 when Sterling left the ERM

[JohnDenver]

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/which-has-a-higher-standard-of-living-northern-ireland-or-the-republic-1.4540629
The Bergin-McGuinness study found that poverty rates were considerably higher in Northern Ireland. Based on a poverty line of below 60 per cent of average household income, 15.9 per cent of individuals in the Republic were found to be at risk of relative poverty compared to 23.8 per cent in Northern Ireland.

Inflation will push that number above 1 in 4.

No surprise. We have fallen well behind Republic now. I wouldn't work in North again if I can avoid it

Why would it matter if you got the same money and lived in the same place?

I can't get the same money is my point and I'm near eligible now for state pension both sides of the border

Are you able to claim both pensions when you retire?

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/which-has-a-higher-standard-of-living-northern-ireland-or-the-republic-1.4540629
The Bergin-McGuinness study found that poverty rates were considerably higher in Northern Ireland. Based on a poverty line of below 60 per cent of average household income, 15.9 per cent of individuals in the Republic were found to be at risk of relative poverty compared to 23.8 per cent in Northern Ireland.

Inflation will push that number above 1 in 4.

No surprise. We have fallen well behind Republic now. I wouldn't work in North again if I can avoid it

Why would it matter if you got the same money and lived in the same place?

I can't get the same money is my point and I'm near eligible now for state pension both sides of the border

Are you able to claim both pensions when you retire?

Apparently. I've to work 11 years in Republic first. I've not spent much time investigating it but all the oul lads in with us say that's the case