Social Justice Ireland co-founders Dr Seán Healy and Sr Brigid Reynolds have been awarded the prestigious Dr Mary Redmond Honorary Award for their outstanding commitment to promoting…
Ireland is the second most food secure country in the world, ranking behind Finland out of 113 countries, according to the Global Food Security Index 2022 (The Economist Group, 2022). The Index…
According to the most recent data from the CSO, environmental subsidies and similar transfers in Ireland were €1.5 billion in 2021, which was an increase of €327 million, or 29 per cent, compared…
Directly related to the cost-of-living crisis, indeed one of the main drivers, is the cost of energy. More than half (59.5 per cent) of the increase in inflation to January 2023 was caused by…
The central message from the Roundtable on Migrations in Our Common Home latest policy brief is that Ireland’s existing approach to international protection is not fit for purpose. It is time to…
Despite progress on the issue over the past two decades, there is still considerable poverty in Ireland. Driven by increases in social welfare payments, particularly payments to the unemployed,…
Everyone has experienced the recent increases in the cost of living. But not everyone experiences these increases evenly. Analysis by the CSO indicates that, while all households experienced an…
Ireland’s social contract is broken yet we have the resources and the capacity to deliver a new social contract. Now is the time for political will and ambition to deliver real and impactful…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by Ireland along with all countries of the United Nations in 2015, sets out common goals for peace and prosperity, now and for generations to…
