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Taxation should be a priority in Programme for Government negotiations

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

Taxation, and how we are going to collect the revenue we need to fund services and infrastructure our population needs now, and into the future, should be top of the agenda in programme for…

Ireland Must Strengthen Global Support: Enhanced Commitments to Official Development Assistance, Climate Finance, and Loss and Damage

Monday, 16 December 2024

At the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in 2009, Global North countries pledged $100 billion per year in climate finance intended to meet the needs of developing countries most impacted…

MA in Social Justice and Public Policy

Friday, 13 December 2024

Social Justice Ireland is a key partner in the MA in Social Justice and Public Policy at the South East Technological University. This two year part-time programme gives students a…

Ireland's SDG Progress - Goal 4 Quality Education 2024

Thursday, 12 December 2024

Ireland's UN SDGs - Goal 4 Quality Education 2024

Ireland's had made a commitment to global sustainability by signing up the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among these, SDG 4: Quality Education stands as a…

Rising poverty rates among older people in the EU a worrying trend

Monday, 9 December 2024

A trend of increasing poverty rates among older persons in the European Union is very concerning with more than 5 million additional older people across the EU experiencing poverty since 2014.…

Recognising All Work

Monday, 2 December 2024

The scale and severity of the economic collapse fifteen years ago saw Ireland revert to the phenomenon of widespread unemployment. Despite the attention given to the banking and fiscal collapse,…

Election 2024 - ODA and Global South

Thursday, 28 November 2024

This edition of our Election 2024 Spotlight series examines things a new Government can do to support sustainable development in the Global South and reach our ODA commitments.

This…