The latest CORI report on poverty is "proof positive" that the Rainbow coalition has only paid lip service to the elimination of poverty and exclusion in Irish society, according to the Workers' Party candidate in Cork North Central, Mr Jimmy Homan.
The Conference of Religious in Ireland report says there are now more people living in poverty than 10 years ago. Mr Homan said successive governments in that time have included "all five of the parties now vying for power".