Summary: <a href="http://twitter.com/danmacg" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Dan Mac Guill</a> is a journalist with <a href="http://twitter.com/danmacg" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">TheJournal.ie</a>, and he has authored their excellent Fact Check series, including <a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/factcheck-thejournal-ie-garda-station-closures-and-crime-rates-2750163-May2016/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">the one that we discussed about the effect of the closure of rural Garda stations</a>.<br> The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul <a href="http://www.svp.ie/ruralfear" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">article that I mentioned is here</a>. Details about <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36365336" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">the shortages of sugar, Coca Cola and other commodities in Venezuela are here</a>.<br>
