Dear Editor, The budget announced by the Conservative chancellor was not good news. It marks a return to austerity. Analysis shows that while it cuts money to local councils and the NHS, it puts money into schemes such as the Levelling Up and Community Renewal Funds that appear even to the Financial Times as schemes for pumping money into Conservative-held constituencies rather than those most in need. In the meantime, the pandemic excluded groups, over three million, receive no specific help. These include those who have small businesses, those without furlough, those on many legacy benefits such as carers and the disabled. Yet these groups suffered massively increased costs.
James (called Jimmy by his family) was born in Waterford Ireland in 1931. He left Ireland in December 1947, aged just 16, and his brother has not heard from him since. Frankie, now in his late 70s, always thought that they would make contact once their lives had settled, but such was not the case. Time passes and when you’re young you sometimes think that people move on without you and that you are somewhat forgotten, but Frankie has looked for many years and is desperate to find Jimmy. I appeal to anyone who knew James (Jimmy) Malachy O’Neill or knows him now or any of his family, to please give them my email or address so I can make an old (ish) man very happy.
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