Laois people invited to 'Cost of Living' Meeting, tonight
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Sinn Féin Senator Maria McCormack and Pearse Doherty TD are set to host a public meeting on the ongoing cost of living crisis on Tuesday, May 12 at 8pm in the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise.
The meeting comes as families across Laois and Ireland continue to struggle under the pressure of soaring energy bills, rising rents, childcare costs, food prices and fuel costs.
In a statement ahead of the meeting, Laois Senator Maria McCormack said: “People across Laois are at breaking point. Every week at my clinics I meet families, workers, carers, pensioners and young people who are doing everything right but still cannot keep up with the cost of living. This Government continues to offer half measures while ordinary people are being squeezed from every angle."
Senator McCormack also, alluding to the recent storm of trouble around the fuel protests, highlighted the extraordinary strain that farmers, agricultural contractors and rural communities were under, beset on all sides by rising fuel, fertiliser and operating costs that were making it harder and harder to stay afloat.
The Senator encouraged anyone weathering the impact of the cost of living crisis to come along and share their experience.
The meeting is open to all members of the public.
