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 society as a whole. In all of this, we focus on human rights and the common good.
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BudgetSocial Justice Matters Podcast - Jeremy Moss on Benefit-Sharing in the Just Climate Transition
A Just Climate Transition has the potential to provide significant non-climate related benefits in the form of clean energy, green jobs, better transport, improved health and urban environments or even making society a more equal or democratic place. The creation of so many potential benefits should command just as much attention as avoiding the harms associated with climate change. But the pursuit of such benefits raises two interesting questions. The first is to what degree should transition policies - as a matter of justice - aim at creating non-climate benefits, especially where there are extra costs involved? The second important question is how do we distribute whatever benefits are created? In some cases, there is nothing wrong…
Time for Government to put fairness first and deliver positive change
Environment, Climate and Energy: Understanding Ireland’s Wellbeing Gap
Mapping Financial Fraud: Trends, Patterns, and Risks
Targeted package of measures to support people to move away from fossil fuels for energy, heat and transport is required
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Gillian Phelan, Central Bank of Ireland on the Digital Euro
Gillian Phelan is Head of Division, Digital Euro Unit at the Central Bank of Ireland. She chats with Susanne Rogers, explaining what the digital euro is and what it will mean for consumers in Ireland.
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Thought for the day
“Every gun that is made,
every warship launched,
every rocket fired signifies,
in the final sense,
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed.
This world in arms is not spending money alone.
It is spending the sweat of its labourers,
the genius of its scientists,
the hopes of its children.”
Fashion Revolution Week 2026
European Local Government Report 2025
Ireland’s Earth Overshoot Day 2026: Living Beyond Our Means
Ireland’s Earth Overshoot Day in 2026 falls on 14 April, a strikingly early point in the calendar that highlights the country’s high level of resource consumption. This date represents the moment when, if everyone on Earth lived like the average person in Ireland, humanity would have used up all the…
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Prof. Charles M.A. Clark, St. John’s University on GDP, Wellbeing and Progress
Prof. Charles M.A. Clark, St. John’s University, New York presents his section on GDP, Wellbeing and Progress from our Annual Sustainable Progress Index 2026
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World Happiness Report 2026
The Cash Transfer Experiment
Earth's climate increasingly out of balance
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Renting on the Island of Ireland with Stephen Morrison, Housing Rights and Gareth Redmond, Threshold