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# Social Welfare

All time
Opinion: I never knew how easy it was to become homeless in Ireland until now
Anonymous
2 Feb 2015
1.1k
86
Some Leaving Cert students don't get Child Benefit - because of their age
29 Jan 2015
48.7k
50
People from which country got the most PPS numbers in Ireland last year?
27 Jan 2015
25.9k
48
JobBridge interns used to teach jobseeker classes
18 Jan 2015
19.0k
44
'Dear Joan: Today, I sat in a dole office and cried to a complete stranger through a glass partition'
Anonymous
9 Jan 2015
38.3k
400
There will be no Welfare Wednesday drinks tonight
7 Jan 2015
25.9k
42
Appealing a social welfare decision? Sit tight, it'll be a while
22 Dec 2014
13.7k
10
Gardaí on hunt to find dole cheats
9 Dec 2014
23.9k
80
Tayto crisps, Mary Lou McDonald, and U2: The week in numbers
6 Dec 2014
13.2k
4
Joan Burton wants to increase the Christmas Bonus again next year
3 Dec 2014
16.8k
183
'If there were no carers, the cost to the government would bring the system down'
26 Nov 2014
6.4k
16
Government funds to pay for funerals halved since 2011
25 Nov 2014
7.2k
16
Woman awarded €5,000 for not being allowed to do JobBridge internship
17 Nov 2014
20.9k
25
Water Charges relief on its way for those not on social welfare
23 Oct 2014
25.2k
109
68-year-old man arrested in Mayo over substantial social welfare fraud
15 Oct 2014
21.0k
57
Here's how social welfare will look after today
14 Oct 2014
23.2k
28
Child Benefit: €5 extra per child, per month for parents
14 Oct 2014
21.0k
101
People on the dole will get a Christmas present from the government this year
14 Oct 2014
25.6k
91
Here's how much money was seized from criminals last year
8 Oct 2014
14.1k
28
Pensioners are now having to 'choose between food and fuel and medication'
8 Oct 2014
6.2k
28
Could the Christmas Bonus be restored in next month's Budget?
18 Sep 2014
25.6k
181
Here's how many construction workers are on the dole
16 Aug 2014
19.8k
59
Life on the dole - a dark and humorous diary
9 Aug 2014
43.4k
56
JobBridge is 'absolutely not' used by employers to get cheap labour
6 Aug 2014
15.1k
153
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s the start of your four-day week – and here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.
5 Aug 2014
10.9k
1
Over €200m worth of unclaimed social welfare payments in past three years
21 Jul 2014
17.8k
25
Social welfare staff are being told to refuse dole payments to 'locked out' Greyhound workers
19 Jul 2014
20.7k
106
'No evidence' that disproportionately high number of migrants receive social welfare
17 Jul 2014
10.9k
82
Here's what the social welfare budget paid for last year
9 Jul 2014
20.3k
76
What counties have the highest number of people on rent allowance?
6 Jul 2014
37.2k
59
9,000 families to lose one-parent payment from today
3 Jul 2014
17.5k
103
Appealing a social welfare decision? You could be in for a long wait
16 Jun 2014
8.7k
6
The number of people receiving a carer's allowance has increased by 40%
15 Jun 2014
23.9k
28
Does Ireland's corporate tax rate need to be changed?
11 Jun 2014
6.8k
43
Leaving Cert students asked about how to cope 'on the Dole'
5 Jun 2014
29.1k
23
How is the government revamping the social welfare system?
5 Jun 2014
10.7k
51
Water charges a step too far for jobseekers
31 May 2014
14.6k
111
Immigrant council demands rights for stateless to work and access social services
28 May 2014
7.2k
86
Poll: Should all jobseekers be paid social welfare payments electronically?
4 May 2014
23.6k
177
Government unsure if paying social welfare electronically will save money
4 May 2014
12.5k
61
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