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With households continuing to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, the Social Democrats will bring a motion before the Dáil next week calling for full transparency on profits being generated by supermarkets. Jennifer Whitmore TD, who will introduce the motion on Wednesday, July 9, said: “Families and individuals across the country are finding it extremely difficult […]

The government must act to insulate consumers from future energy price increases, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore. Deputy Whitmore, who is the party’s energy spokesperson, said: “Energy prices in Ireland are the second highest in the EU – and they are continuing to climb. “Last week, Airtricity announced it was hiking its prices […]

The Social Democrats today highlighted 40 measures in their election manifesto to reduce the cost of living in Ireland. Party candidates Gary Gannon (Dublin Central), Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid-West) and Sinéad Gibney (Dublin-Rathdown) set out proposals across several areas, including childcare, health, transport, education, energy and housing, that will meaningfully bring down the cost […]