The green transition will drive a transformation of local labour markets, with new skills needed, and others becoming redundant. This shift to a sustainable and net-zero economy will result in a…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted surveys of both employers and workers to understand the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the workplace. Here…
According to the World Happiness Report, published on the 21st March 2023, Ireland is the 14th happiest country in the world. Finland, for the sixth consecutive year, ranks first, followed by…
The latest report from the IPCC warns that the pace and scale of climate action are insufficient to tackle climate change. If current trends continue, adverse impacts from human-caused change…
Our thinking on wellness and staying healthy is expanding. Social prescribing acknowledges that our health and wellbeing can be impacted by social factors such as poverty, local environment, poor…
The Government yesterday (21st March 2023) launched the National Action Plan Against Racism (the Plan). In the Plan, "racism" is defined as "a form of domination which manifests through those …
Ireland faces some critical decisions on climate mitigation and investment in the next seven years. The significant investments and policy change required to meet out national and international…
Today is Saint Patrick's Day, March 17th. The story told of Ireland's patron saint is that he was brought here in his teens as a slave, a trafficked migrant and ultimately chose to make Ireland…
Having a job is not, of itself, a guarantee that one lives in a poverty-free household. The latest data from the CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions indicates that 5.8 per cent of people in…
The Plant Atlas 2020[1] presents the findings of twenty years of research on Irish flora. The findings are stark and mirror the worrying trend of ongoing biodiversity decline in Ireland. …