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Annual Policy Conference 2024

Managing Change to Build a Just Society - Policy Outcomes for a New Social Contract.

Join Social Justice Ireland online, Wednesday 13th November between 9.30 am and 12 noon to hear from experts setting out what needs to be done to build a just society using our policy framework for a New Social Contract. 

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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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Next Government will have a golden opportunity to deliver a social dividend for all

Tuesday, 5 November 2024
social dividend

With a general election on the horizon, the next five years present a golden opportunity for the next Government to harness our economic success to deliver a social dividend for all.  We can reverse the failure, to date, to build on recent years of economic growth and windfall revenues to deliver a just society, to put a social floor of adequate income and services in place for everyone.  We must grasp this opportunity to harness our economic success, success which is the result of investment in human capital, social infrastructure, our communities and our natural capital, to deliver transformative change for all. 

With a general election on the horizon, the next five years present a golden opportunity for the next Government…

Sr Brigid Reynolds awarded honorary doctorate

Monday, 4 November 2024
Brigid Reynolds

Unlocking Potential: Invest in skills transfer programmes

Thursday, 31 October 2024
Skills transfer programmes

Bridging the Gaps: Insights from Eurofound's Social protection 2.0: Unemployment and minimum income benefits

Monday, 28 October 2024
welfare increase

Just Transition Commission

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Just Transition Commission

Lone Parent Transitions, Employment, and Poverty Outcomes

Monday, 21 October 2024
Investment in children

Lone parents face numerous socio-economic challenges, particularly when it comes to balancing work and the giving of care. In Ireland, lone-parent families are at a higher risk of poverty…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

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Celtic Cross drumcliffe

Feast of all the Irish Saints

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,

Love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

From an Irish Headstone

Ireland’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals - Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action

Thursday, 17 October 2024
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Ensuring Equal Access to Justice for All

Monday, 14 October 2024
access to legal aid

Overview of Homelessness in Europe: Key Insights from the 2024 Report by FEANTSA and Fondation Abbé Pierre

Monday, 7 October 2024
cover of Overview of Homelessness in Europe: Key Insights from the 2024 Report by FEANTSA and Fondation Abbé Pierre

FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless) and Fondation Abbé Pierre have recently released their ninth comprehensive report on homelessness in Europe. The…

Budget leaves Ireland’s more vulnerable households condemned to prolonged hardship

Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Left Behind

Budget 2025 is cold comfort for the hundreds of thousands of people who’ve been frozen out of Ireland’s economic recovery. The Government's decision to repeat those measures from the past two…

Unemployment Blackspots - Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Monday, 30 September 2024
Long-term unemployed

Living Wage 2025: A Fairer Future for Workers

Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Living Wage 24/25

Proposals for a Child Poverty Budget

Monday, 23 September 2024
Investment in children

A Decade of Income Tax Cuts have Favoured the Better Off

Thursday, 19 September 2024
Fair taxation