Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Older People has warned that delays in getting Government energy payments to people here is putting “more lives at risk”.
Eddie Lynch spoke out amid continuing delays in getting the £600 into people’s pockets as temperatures plummet and home heating bills remain at record highs.
The ‘independent champion for older people’ said statistics from previous years point to an increase in deaths among older people during winter - but added that was when gas and home heating oil costs were substantially lower.
