UNICEF: Third of Irish children suffer from material deprivation
Damning report reveals children are the most neglected in Irish society
A third of all Irish children live in materially deprived households, a disturbing new report has found.
The findings are contained in a new UNICEF study on how inequality affects children in high income countries.
While Ireland is placed seventh out of 41 EU/OECD countries across all dimensions of inequality, UNICEF’s Report Card 13 reveals that 30 per cent of Irish children suffer “material deprivation” and lack essential items.
International children's charity UNICEF ...
