The €200 cost-of-living bonus which was announced in February as part of the spring cost-of-living package, is expected to hit bank accounts by April 24.
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Wheelchair-user Lisa Brennan (27) has just spent a year in poverty, stretching out a monthly salary of €1,000 to try to meet her food bills, amenities and accommodation costs.
Campaigners say a state medical assessment plan that aims to “categorise” people with disabilities based on their ability to work is “Dickensian” and puts people’s mental health at risk.