copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Food bank in Enniskillen now feeding 1 in 5 people in the town. (John Shades, 2019-04-13)
Evidence (2021-09-17): WHILE the surge in demand seen over the lockdowns may be easing, the Enniskillen Foodbank is gearing up for a busy winter ahead, and is even launching a new service to help Fermanagh families as the colder months approach. [...] While things may be returning to normality, ‘normal’ at the Foodbank has always been busy. For example, almost 20 percent of the Fermanagh population relying on the Foodbank, which provides emergency food for those in immediate need, in 2019. In other words, one in five people in the county were supported by the service even before we were hit by the pandemic. [...] The Foodbank is opened in Enniskillen on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10-12. It also operates a service in Newtownbutler on a Tuesday, from 10.30-12, and in Irvinestown on a Friday from 1-2pm.
Claim: Food bank in Enniskillen now feeding 1 in 5 people in the town. (John Shades, 2019-04-13)
Evidence (2021-07-18): South and East Food BankWK18 £400 for the Tony Smith Solidarity FundWK19 £330 for Little Sprouts in Stockton-on-Tees.WK20 £364 for We Are One in GrimsbyWK21 £323 for Furness Refugee SupportWK22 £175 Helping Hands in BournemouthWK23 £238 for Fans Supporting FoodbanksWK24 £143 for PCS Tate Commerce Strike FundWK25 £230 for Women Shall Overcome in WidnesWK26 £110 for We Shall Overcome Sussex/LeedsWK27 £240 for The Welcome Centre in Huddersfield.WK28 £202 for Teesside Socialist Clothing BankWK29 £450 for 0161 Community in ManchesterWK30 £550 for Broxtowe Community ProjectsWK31 £213 for Eggcup in LancasterWK32 £568 for The Station Xmas AppealWK33 £230 for Oasis in PlymouthWK34 £351 for The Miners in MostonWK35 £240 for ECHO in East LincolnshireWK36 £250 for Rainbow Centre in ScarboroughWK37 £205 for Louth Food BankWK38 £266 for Made In Stourbridge food bank.WK39 £375 for 0161 Community Winter Appeal.WK40 £125 for Super Supper Club in BristolWK41 £252 for St. Aidan’s Kitchen in HartlepoolWK42 £521 for Help Our Homeless in IpswichWK43 £932 for Pathways in ChesterfieldWK44 £300 for Enniskillen Food BankWK45 £230 for Caring Is Sharing in GlasgowWK46 £310 for Cwtch Up in CardiffWK47 £510 for Doorways in DerbyWK48 £245 for Sheffield Young CarersWK49 £350 for Stroud RefugeWK50 £402 for The Studio in WidnesWK51
Claim: Food bank in Enniskillen now feeding 1 in 5 people in the town. (John Shades, 2019-04-13)
Evidence (2021-04-11): WK37 £205 for Louth Food Bank [...] WK44 £300 for Enniskillen Food Bank
Claim: Food bank in Enniskillen now feeding 1 in 5 people in the town. (John Shades, 2019-04-13)
Evidence (2023-01-26): Fermanagh has highest % of over 65 with income below poverty matrix. [...] Enniskillen FOOD BANK IS FEEDING 1 IN 5 FAMILIES 20 percent of the population of Enniskillen have relied on food bank support at some point in the last year. [...] This is another indicator of the substantially higher needs of those with disabilities in Fermanagh.
Claim: Food bank in Enniskillen now feeding 1 in 5 people in the town. (John Shades, 2019-04-13)
Evidence (2020-10-16): Feeding Omagh’s Food Banks [...] ‘Feeding Omagh’s Foodbanks’ have also stocked up other Community Food Banks across Omagh town and have supplied a considerable amount of PPE to Frontline workers. Deliveries were made to Strathroy Community Association, GK House, Hospital Road Community Association, MACCA, CKS, and many, many more. As well as our foodbanks our aim is to provide as much PPE as we possibly can to prevent further spread of COVID-19 and to assist the hard-working people on the frontline and the residents of both nursing/care homes and hospitals to stay safe. PPE equipment including shields, surgical masks, gloves and hand sanitiser have been supplied to a number of organisations such as Railway Court, Omagh Hospital & Primary Care Complex, Irvinestown Health Centre, Knockmoyle Lodge, Mencap, Harold McCauley House, Three Rivers Care Home, Hillcrest Care Facility, Granard Residential House, Woodbank House, Elm Ward and Lime Ward in the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital, Mulhern Close Residential Home and Springlawn Group of Care Homes.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-01-16): Reputable information exists that supports this claim
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-12-18): "Ireland’s two richest people have more wealth – €15 billion – than half the Irish population who have €10.3 billion." [...] "The two richest people in Ireland now have more wealth then [sic] the bottom 50% of the population combined." [...] Oxfams’ calculations indicate that, at the relevant time, the two richest people in Ireland we worth around €15bn while the poorest 50% of the country held around €10.3bn.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-01-15): Ireland's two richest billionaires have more combined wealth than the bottom half of the population in the country, according to figures released by the charity Oxfam. Oxfam’s annual Inequality Report, which derives its calculations from the Forbes rich list, found that the richest 1% of people in Ireland hold 35.4% of the country’s financial wealth. A progressive wealth tax on Irish millionaires and billionaires could generate up to €9.2 billion a year, the charity says.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-01-15): Ireland’s two richest billionaires worth more than bottom half of earners [...] Ireland’s two richest Irish billionaires have more wealth than the bottom half of the population, a report by charity Oxfam has found. The richest 1pc in the country hold more than a third (35.4pc) of Ireland’s financial wealth, the group said in a report on the world’s wealthiest people, released as a gathering of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people kicks off at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-01-15): Ireland´s richest two Irish billionaires have more wealth than the bottom half of the population. - The richest 1% hold 35.4% of Irish financial wealth. [...] We’re witnessing the beginnings of a decade of division, with billions of people shouldering the economic shockwaves of pandemic, inflation and war, while billionaires’ fortunes boom. This inequality is no accident; the billionaire class is ensuring corporations deliver more wealth to them at the expense of everyone else— Oxfam International interim Executive Director Amitabh Behar "It´s time for states to reassert themselves, including the Irish state", said Bríd McGrath, Director of Public Affairs at Oxfam Ireland. "We are calling on the Irish government to properly tax wealth and close the loopholes for tax avoidance. Oxfam estimates that a progressive tax on wealth could yield up to €9 billion annually."
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2022-05-19): The bottom 10% of Irish households have a net wealth of less than €600, compared to the richest 10% whose wealth exceeds €788,400.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-01-15): In Ireland in particular, the report states the two richest Irish billionaires have more wealth than the bottom half of the population. The richest 1% in Ireland hold 35.4% of Irish financial wealth. Oxfam Ireland is calling on the Government to tax extreme wealth stating that a progressive wealth tax on Irish millionaires and billionaires could generate up to €9.2bn a year.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-04-14): Irish super-rich on the rise as 1,600 people now worth €20m or more ‘An awful lot of people making money’, with more choosing tax exile status [...] The figures, released to the Sunday Independent, show Ireland now has 1,600 super-rich or "high net-worth" individuals who are worth €20m or more. This is an increase from 1,400 in 2022. [...] The list of high net-worth individuals is confidential, but some of Ireland’s biggest business figures are known to have moved to foreign tax shelters. The racehorse magnates JP McManus and John Magnier are both tax resident in Switzerland.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2020-01-20): Ireland has the fifth-largest number of billionaires per capita in the world, according to an Oxfam report published ahead of the World Economic Forum conference in the Swiss resort of Davos this week. There are now 17 Irish billionaires – the vast majority of whom are men – but who exactly are they? [...] 5 Dermot Desmond: €2.02 billion (Down €40 million)
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2022-08-04): The large proportion of wealth held in Irish houses — and the huge financial dividend to longer established homeowners — also underlines the longer-term financial gap between this generation and younger people, many of whom can’t afford to get on the property ladder. Housing has been the traditional way Irish people have accumulated wealth and, crucially, had somewhere to live in retirement when their income fell. If more and more people are renting in the long-term, how do they afford to live in retirement? 3. The resilience of households: A positive spin-off from the figures is the evidence that Irish households, in general, are now financially stronger. Compared to the position heading into the financial crash, with all its painful consequences, debt levels are lower even in cash terms and net wealth is more solidly based. That said, were a significant fall in house prices to occur it would quickly reduce net wealth. [...] 4, The bottom line: Ireland’s wealth remains property driven and thus reliant on house price trends. The country’s wealth has built in recent years — and holdings of financial assets are growing steadily, but how the next generation can afford to accumulate any wealth remains a big question. And while cash in the bank may help to ride out the cost-of-living crisis, many lower-income households have little leeway.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-04-29): List of Irish billionaires by net worth The following Forbes list of Irish billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2024.[1] 2024 Irish Billionaires List [edit]See also [edit]References [edit]- ^ "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-01-24): The two richest people in Ireland have €15 billion ($16.3 billion), which is more than half of the wealth owned by the entire Irish population, which has €10.3 billion ($11.2 billion), according to Oxfam Ireland. [...] The richest 1% of Irish people have 27% of wealth and the bottom own just 1.1% [...] The richest 1% have gained 70 times more wealth than the bottom 50% in the last 10 years — Oxfam Ireland (@OxfamIreland) January 19, 2023
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-01-16): The wealthiest 1% of Irish society now owns more than a quarter of the country's wealth or €232 billion, a new report from Oxfam claims. The research also shows that with €15 billion between them, the two richest people here have 50% more wealth than the poorest half of the population. [...] The top 10% of the population now owns nearly two thirds of the wealth, totalling €547 billion, but the bottom 50% of Irish society owns only 1% of wealth.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-01-15): Ireland's two richest billionaires have more wealth than the bottom half of the entire population of the country, a shocking new report has revealed. It also emerged that the richest one per cent of the Irish population possess over 35 per cent of the country’s financial wealth. [...] Third is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose fortune is said to have jumped from €102bn to €152bn since 2020. His wealth includes a €465million, triple-masted superyacht.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-01-10): Ireland’s two richest people have more wealth – €15 billion – than half of the Irish population who have €10.3 billion. [...] - The richest 1% of Irish people have 27% of wealth and the bottom own just 1.1% [...] - The bottom 50% of Irish society owns only 1% of wealth (€9 billion).
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-01-16): The ranks of Ireland’s super-rich have swollen in the past decade, a new study by Oxfam Ireland has revealed, with the wealthiest 1 per cent of the population accumulating 70 times more wealth than the bottom 50 per cent since 2012. [...] Oxfam’s report also indicates that at a combined €15 billion, Ireland’s two richest people have more wealth than the 50 per cent of the population at the other end of spectrum, who have a combined €10.3 billion. Although they are not named in the report, Ireland’s two wealthiest people, according to the Forbes 2022 rich list, are Stripe billionaires Patrick and John Collison, who are estimated to have a combined €17.5 billion fortune.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-01-16): The two wealthiest people in Ireland have more wealth than the 50% of the population at the poorest end. Oxfam's annual wealth inequality report shows the top two wealthiest people here have a combined wealth of €15 billion. Oxfam Ireland is calling on the Irish government to bring in a wealth tax at "graduated rates of 2%, 3% and 5% above a high threshold of €4.7 million".
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-01-15): The richest 1% of the population in Ireland holds more than a third of the entire Irish financial wealth of the country. That's according to Oxfam which also claims that the two richest Irish billionaires possess more wealth than the bottom half of the State’s population. [...] It says a progressive permanent wealth tax placed on millionaires and billionaires in Ireland could raise €9.2 billion in funding each year.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-01-16): The top 1% of Irish society now holds €232bn or more than a quarter of Ireland's wealth, according to an Oxfam report published to coincide with the World Economic Forum at Davos. The top 10% owns close to two-thirds (64%) of the country's wealth or €547bn, while the bottom 50% holds just 1% or €9bn, which is less than the two richest people combined (€15bn), the Survival of the Richest report shows using data from Forbes, Credit Suisse and wealth data company Wealth-X. The number of Irish people with individual wealth in excess of €46.6m ($50m) has more than doubled since 2012, from 655 to 1,435. A further 20,575 individuals each hold over €4.7m ($5m), and Ireland now have eight billionaires.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-11-20): The richest 1 percent of the world’s population produced as much carbon pollution in 2019 than the five billion people who made up the poorest two-thirds of humanity, reveals a new Oxfam report today. It comes ahead of the UN climate summit in Dubai, amid growing fears that the 1.5°C target for curtailing rising temperatures appears increasingly unachievable.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2024-06-27): Further, while Irish families are undoubtedly better off than they used to be, the national household per-capita disposable income remains slightly lower than the overall EU average according to data from the OECD. With a considerable gap between the richest and poorest (the top 20% of the population earns almost five times as much as the bottom 20%), most Irish citizens would likely balk at the idea that they are among the richest in the world.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2022-09-29): Another way to think of it: The 3 million people who make up the wealthiest 1% of Americans are collectively worth more than the 291 million that make up the bottom 90%. The disparity would be even more stark if the report only counted marketable wealth and ignored the benefits of defined-benefit payments, such as pension plans or Social Security, the CBO noted. [...] But that increase hasn't translated into a higher standard of living for America's poorest. An analysis released Wednesday by the Financial Times finds that while the U.S. and U.K. have some enormously wealthy people, the poorest Americans are worse off than their European counterparts, with a lower standard of living than their peers in Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland or Germany.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2022-10-19): The world's wealthiest people aren't known for travelling by bus, but if they fancied a change of scene then the richest 85 people on the globe – who between them control as much wealth as the poorest half of the global population put together – could squeeze onto a single double-decker. [...] The wealth of the 1% richest people in the world amounts to $110tn (£60.88tn), or 65 times as much as the poorest half of the world, added the development charity, which fears this concentration of economic resources is threatening political stability and driving up social tensions.
Claim: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population. (Oxfam, 2023-01-16)
Evidence (2023-11-20): The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says.
Claim: Within the LGBT community, 25% have attempted suicide. (Gavin Walker, 2018-09-26)
Evidence (2018-09-26): The claim is true in line with other surveys with LGBT respondents in the UK and Ireland. The Rainbow Project survey figure of 4% of LGBT people attempting suicide in the prior year is also consistent with surveys by other organisations.
Claim: Within the LGBT community, 25% have attempted suicide. (Gavin Walker, 2018-09-26)
Evidence (2021-07-01): A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds most suicide attempts (61%) among LGBQ people occurred within five years of realizing one’s sexual minority identity. However, a significant proportion of attempts (39%) happened outside this age range. [...] Lifetime suicide attempts were reported by 31% of young LGBQ people, compared to 24% of the middle cohort, and 20% of the oldest group. In the middle and older cohorts, 24% and 29%, respectively, of first suicide attempts occurred at age 26 or older, and half (14%) of these attempts happened after age 41 in the older group. [...] - Respondents with sexual minority identities such as queer and pansexual were more than twice as likely to report suicidal thoughts and attempts compared to gay and lesbian respondents.
Claim: Within the LGBT community, 25% have attempted suicide. (Gavin Walker, 2018-09-26)
Evidence (2024-05-01): "In its sixth edition, The Trevor Project's U.S. National Survey illustrates a need to better support the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ young people, a group that we know consistently experiences higher rates of suicide compared to their peers," said Dr. Ronita Nath (she/her), Vice President of Research at The Trevor Project. "As one of the largest and most diverse of its kind, this survey offers unique insights into the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people in the U.S. across intersecting identities such as race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and region. Once again, this year's survey shows that considering or attempting suicide is not uncommon among LGBTQ+ young people. However, many of the contributing risk factors for suicide are preventable, and often rooted in victimizing behaviors of others. The results of this survey clearly identify a need for adults and allies to create more affirming environments for LGBTQ+ young people, and better support them in being their true selves." Overall, 39% of LGBTQ+ young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year — including 46% of transgender and nonbinary young people, and more than one in ten (12%) of all LGBTQ+ youth attempted suicide in the past year. LGBTQ+ youth of color reported higher rates than their White peers. Yet despite these mental health challenges, 50% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.
Claim: Within the LGBT community, 25% have attempted suicide. (Gavin Walker, 2018-09-26)
Evidence (2017-01-26): Current Challenges in the Management of LGBT Suicide
Claim: Within the LGBT community, 25% have attempted suicide. (Gavin Walker, 2018-09-26)
Evidence (2024-08-08): LGBTQ+ youth experience greater rates of mental health issues and are more likely to consider and attempt suicide, a new survey from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), has found. [...] Dr. Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC’s division of adolescent and school health, told ABC News that "Across all of those outcomes that we looked at, experience of violence, poor mental health and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, we do see this really significant disparity between LGBTQ+ young people and their cisgender and heterosexual peers." [...] The survey further found that 41% of LGBTQ+ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year and one in five LGBTQ+ youth made a suicide attempt.
Claim: Within the LGBT community, 25% have attempted suicide. (Gavin Walker, 2018-09-26)
Evidence (2024-01-01): The percentage of LGBQ teens who reported having attempted suicide in the past year, compared with 6 percent of heterosexual teens. [...] The percentage of LGBQ teens who reported having seriously considered suicide in the past year, compared with 15 percent of heterosexual teens. Sexual minority boys were more than four times as likely as their heterosexual peers to report having attempted suicide, while LGBQ girls were three times more likely than heterosexual girls to report having attempted suicide. Overall, however, teen girls were more likely than teen boys to report attempting, planning or considering suicide.