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Thursday 21 January 2021
The turtle’s nickname was… Piggy Bank.
“I still wear my favourite pair of jeans from high school.”
Children are now being taught how to handle money at school.
Two thirds of people in recent savings index think government policy discourages saving.
New research on spending and saving habits also shows that fewer people plan to use their credit card for festive spending this year.
“The way they acted has prompted the suspicion that these were not professional thieves,” said the police.
The Nationwide/ESRI savings index shows a significant increase in the amount of cash that worried consumers are keeping aside.
A NATIONAL VOLUNTARY collection for survivors of mother and baby homes has been suggested by independent senator Rónán Mullen.
The government is drawing up a redress scheme for survivors on foot of the publication of the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation last week.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that religious organisations should “make a contribution” towards this scheme.
Speaking in the Seanad yesterday, Mullen said the country should consider “whether it would be appropriate to have some kind of national voluntary contribution as part of a redress package to reflect the social and community dimension to this story, along with Church and State contributions”.
“We are all connected with families who are in some way a part of this story,” he added.
We want to know: Should a ‘national voluntary collection’ be set up for survivors of mother and baby homes?
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