Recession Brings New Fears of Poverty

(23 January 09-RV) Figures published today showed Britain entered recession for the first time since 1991, and that the unemployed population has hit almost two million workers, with neighbouring Ireland not lagging far behind In a report published in Dublin this week, the Bishops' Commission for Justice and Social Affairs says poverty was not wiped out during the Celtic Tiger years and will now become a growing problem during the recession. We spoke to deputy national director of Ireland’s St Vincent De Paul Society John Monaghan: