Tim and Co, published in to-days press are some home truths on the state of the "sick six".
Research carried out by the University of Ulster and Queens University reveals that "poverty in Northern Ireland is worse than either the Republic of Ireland or Great Britain which are two of the most unequal socities in Europe".


The research revealed that," well over one third of the norths children are growing up in poor households, over two thirds of lone parents live in poverty,."

Catholics are 1.4 times as likely as Protestants to live in poor households.

Fourty-three per cent of Sinn Fein supporters live in poverty, as against 19 per cent of those who support the Unionists.

These figures along with many others from the research leads Professor Hillyard to state that,"This study provides the first ever measure of consensual poverty and the results are staggering,
more than 185,000 are poor and over half a million people live in poor households.

Following the research the authors concluded that," Northern Ireland is one of the most unequal socities in the developed world".

Why didn`t they come to me and I could have saved them all of that work, after all I live here. Ard Mhacha.