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84% in Ireland worried about cost-of-living crisis
RTÉ News ^ | Tuesday, 16 Sep 2025 00:01 | Ailbhe Conneely, Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent

Posted on 09/15/2025 9:42:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A total of 84% of people in Ireland are worried about the cost-of-living crisis, while fewer than one in seven believe Government is doing enough to address it.

Almost half of 1,243 adults surveyed by Ipsos B&A for the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) said they feared that they would not meet household costs in the year ahead.

The poll shows how economic inequality has “eroded trust” amongst the public according to IHREC, with 13% of people believing that Ireland’s wealth is distributed fairly.

However, almost three-quarters of those surveyed said it is not.

Eight in ten people agreed that everyone should be treated equally regardless of “who they are or where they come from”.

That belief has been diminishing annually — from 85% in 2023 and 84% in 2024. IHREC has said that while the key support level remained high, the “negative trend” was “a clear cause for concern”. […]

… 14% of respondents said they experienced racism in the past year, up from 10% in 2024.

Among non-white Irish, the figure was 66%. …

(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: eussr; fartyshadesofgreen; fourthreich; ireland

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1 posted on 09/15/2025 9:42:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Well…they allowed abortion in and from that point all He’ll broke loose

My people

We took abortion off the constitution where it never belonged, and we’ve been blessed. Watch what happens next


2 posted on 09/15/2025 9:48:32 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: Olog-hai

Just keep packing I illiterate violent turd world Muslims and violent tribal Africans. It has worked so well every where it’s tried.


3 posted on 09/15/2025 9:53:55 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. D)
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To: stanne

And also mass immigration.


4 posted on 09/15/2025 9:59:34 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Pornography feeds abortion. Abortion is Satan's ultimate effort to hurt God. )
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To: Olog-hai

Aww...they don’t like supporting all those migrants ahead of themselves?


5 posted on 09/15/2025 10:08:20 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Organic Panic

Yeah, their standard of living is going to decline so much if they keep importing 3rd world that they won’t have to worry about the cost of it.


6 posted on 09/15/2025 10:15:00 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: Olog-hai

Hmmm! No return for rosie!


7 posted on 09/15/2025 10:21:24 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: Organic Panic

Yup. 84 bucks a day is given to migrants for food in Canada so it’s probably similar in Ireland. The west is being extinguished.


8 posted on 09/15/2025 10:31:47 PM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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To: Olog-hai

I imagine Rosie O’Donnell is having second thoughts about living in Ireland as the cost of living goes beyond her ability to afford.


9 posted on 09/15/2025 10:41:35 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Jonty30

Ya. That’s an outcome of it. It’s a spiritual thing. A philosophical thing


10 posted on 09/15/2025 10:58:56 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: stanne

They are basically British now.


11 posted on 09/15/2025 11:06:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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