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Launch of Budget Choices 2025

Come join us online at 12 noon on Wednesday July 3rd as we launch Budget Choices 2025. 

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    Social Justice Ireland is an independent social justice think tank.

    We provide independent social analysis and evidence-based policy proposals, with the aim of creating a sustainable future for every member of society and for societies as a whole. In all of this, we focus on human rights and the common good.
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Wind and solar power key to electricity sector targets

Monday, 1 July 2024
Emissions

In 2023, emissions from the electricity sector fell by just over a fifth from 2022 to the lowest level since records began in 1990. This was driven by a considerable decline in the use of coal for electricity generation, coupled with a notable rise in imported electricity. Despite this progress, Ireland’s electricity sector needs to reduce emissions by 75 per cent by 2030 to stay within the agreed carbon budget.  This is the largest reduction in sectoral emissions of all sectors. 

In 2023, emissions from the electricity sector fell by just over a fifth from 2022 to the lowest level since records began in 1990. This was driven by a considerable decline in the use of coal for electricity generation, coupled with a notable rise…

Industry and Waste sectors falling short of climate targets

Thursday, 27 June 2024
Retrofitting graphic

Ireland on course to miss 2030 targets by a substantial shortfall

Monday, 24 June 2024
Emissions targets

Corporation Taxes in Ireland

Monday, 17 June 2024
Progressive & Equitable Taxation

Meaghan Carmody - Using the SDGs to solve the just transition Rubik’s Cube

Thursday, 13 June 2024
SDG Rubik Cube

Well-being - Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2023

Monday, 10 June 2024
SILC 2023 Wellbeing

The well-being results from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2023 have been published by the Central Statistics Office. The data covers overall life satisfaction, satisfaction…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

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“We can believe what we choose. But we are answerable for what we choose to believe.”

John Henery Newman

Basic Income for Artists

Tuesday, 4 June 2024
Basic Income

Addressing Ireland’s Housing Crisis: Urgent Policy Reforms Needed

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Housing supply and demand

Social Infrastructure must keep pace with population growth

Monday, 27 May 2024
Retrofitting graphic

For its last Budget, Government should use windfall tax surpluses to ensure our social infrastructure keeps pace with population growth.  To date Government has failed to use years of economic…

Temporary Budget measures concentrated in low income households

Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Budget

Temporary measures contained in Budget 2024 are more concentrated among welfare dependent households and those at work but on low incomes.  However, temporary payments will not carry over to…

Locked Out of the Market - Just 38 properties available within HAP limits

Monday, 20 May 2024
Unaffordable Rent

Together for Children and Young People in Ireland

Thursday, 16 May 2024
Together for Children and Young People in Ireland cover

Joe O'Connor - The Four-Day Work Week: Learnings from Companies at the Forefront of Work-Time Reduction

Monday, 13 May 2024
less working hours

Infrastructure planning and climate change

Monday, 6 May 2024
climate change