An article by financial journalist Michael Lewis in next month’s Vanity Fair argues that Ireland will have no choice but to default on the private debt (i.e. not sovereign debt). Lewis is well…
The latest Central Bank Quarterly Bulletin has produced growth predictions that are substantially lower than those contained in the Government’s Budget. This brings the Government’s other…
New research published by Social Justice Ireland shows that, while poverty in Ireland is high, Government policies since 1987 have been increasing the income of the richest ten per cent of…
The economic and financial crisis in Ireland poses a disproportionate threat to vulnerable segments in the country who benefitted little from its economic boom in the first place, the UN…
The full text of the Finance Bill 2011 and related documents can be accessed below.
The Document can be accesed here
Social Justice Ireland believes that:
- Ireland is in an extraordinarily precarious position as it seeks to meet the requirements of the EU/IMF bailout programme.
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Social Justice Ireland welcomes Government’s publication of the Climate Change Response Bill 2010. While some of its proposals are welcome the Bill is weaker than the Government’s Framework…
Ireland is the fourth most socially unjust of the OECD member countries according to the Bertelsmann Foundation. The study examines social justice as a measure of citizen’s participation in…
Was it fair to cut welfare rates in Budget 2011? Did the increases in social welfare rates in the mid-2000s justify a reduction in rates in Budget 2011? The Minister for Finance and the…
Budget 2011 is unjust, unfair and unacceptable. The choices made will rob the poor to protect people and institutions who caused many of Ireland’s problems through their reckless gambling with…
