The Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice and MABS National Development Ltd. have launched a Minimum Income Standard calculator for Irish households. This tool will allow households to…
The Government has reduced its growth forecast for 2012 from 1.3% to 0.7% and for 2013 from 2.4% to 2.2%. The revised forecasts were outlined in the Stability Programme Update- April 2012
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A Policy Briefing on Poverty and Income Distribution in Ireland in 2012 published by Social Justice Ireland may be accessed here.
Social Justice Ireland presented a briefing on the Fiscal Compact to the Joint Oireacthtas Committee on European Union Affairs on March 15, 2012. In this we set out the factual…
Unemployment continues its steady rise in the EU. Ireland's unemployent rate is the fourth worst of the 27 EU countries with only Spain, Greece and Portugal with higher levels.
The EU27…
The number of people at risk of poverty in Ireland has grown from 14.1% in 2009 to 15.8% in 2010 according to the latest Survey on Income and Living Condidtions (SILC) conducted by the Central…
The first definitive results of the 2011 census, undertaken on 10th April 2011, show that Ireland’s population continued to grow strongly from 2006, increasing by 348,404 to 4,588,252, and that…
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Ireland's newest think tank - the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) - has proposed a new €15 billion stimulus and investment programme aimed at creating jobs, boosting demand and aiding…
Theme: Inequality and Development in a Globalised Economy - The Basic Income Option
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