€75 million worth of social welfare payments reclaimed
The Department of Social Protection launched over 13,000 investigations into welfare fraud in 2020.
Tag: department of social protection
Locals on pandemic unemployment payment asked to confirm their status with the department this week
Locals on the pandemic unemployment payment need to confirm their status with the department this week. 12,700 people across Carlow ...
Numbers getting pandemic unemployment payment drop again in Carlow and Kilkenny
The numbers availing of the pandemic unemployment payments locally have dropped by another three hundred this week. The Department of ...
16,800 local people get Pandemic Unemployment Payment today
There are 16,800 people getting the Covid 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment in Carlow and Kilkenny The Department of Social Protection ...
Public Service Card in Breach of Data Protection Laws
'We need to see this report' So says Fianna Fáil Senator, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, after the Data Protection Commission told ...
Delay to child benefit payments should be resolved shortly
The Department of Social Protection says they're looking into the matter.
33 arrests in Carlow under Operation Storm
Superintendent Aidan Brennan says the operation started last Friday evening with a series of searches conducted and arrests made since ...
Concerns over number of young people unemployed in Kilkenny and Carlow
The National Youth Council says there are far too many.
Seven Carlow schools invited to avail of School Meals scheme
The Meals Scheme provides breakfasts and, in some cases, lunches to school children.
Recent News
KCLR is Kilkenny and Carlow’s favourite local radio station, with the very best of local up-to-the-minute news and sport with great music and entertainment seven days a week.