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It is lucky they did not die before they got old - Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey that is. The remaining members of The Who can take cheer from reading this news.  The share of wealth enjoyed by the recently retired has overtaken that held by u...

Where to Go for Emergency Help Over Christmas If You Are Homeless If you are homeless over Christmas or are worried that you may become homeless there are several places you can go to get urgent advice and help: Go to the Housing Department of your l...

Housing accounts for almost a third of all spending in households headed by someone under 30, compared to less than 20 per cent for those aged 50 to 74, the Resolution Foundation said in response to the latest Office National Statistics (ONS) Family...

Are you on a state pension and on your own this Christmas?  Community Christmas believes that no elderly person in the UK should be alone on Christmas Day unless they want to be. Communities are encouraged to provide companionship to older peopl...

We do get some interesting people contct us at the ABC This arrived this week. If your not planning to survive Christmas this could help. **** We have been working to produce a guide aimed at helping those unfortunate enough to be arranging a funeral...

Workie. He’s the larger than life character the DWP developed as part of an exciting new campaign calling on people not to ignore workplace pensions. You can’t fail to notice him goes the DWP blurb! They are not wrong their!  With so...

Statement by Michael McCarthy TD - Labour Party TD for Cork South-West Recognition of world autism awareness day vital - McCARTHY World Autism Awareness Day is about generating understanding and awareness. Autism is not limited to a single regio...

A leap year has 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which has 365. Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year, and we add a Leap Day, an extra – or intercalary – day on February 29. The next Leap Year is 2016, so the next Leap Day falls...

The Irish Central Statistics Office which show that new car license figures have increased substantially this year. Dominic Hannigan TD commented: “The new car license figures from the CSO are an important means of measuring economic...

Tanaiste Joan Burton has welcomed today’s Cabinet approval for the Bankruptcy Amendment Bill 2015, which will reduce the term of bankruptcy from three years to one in line with proposals put forward by Labour TD Willie Penrose. The Bill is now...