581,334people in Ireland are living in poverty, of which 163,936are children.
93,013 people living in poverty are in employment - the “…
The housing system in Ireland has become characterised by profit and privatisation: private developers building on State land; private landlords receiving large subsidies to provide “social…
The fundamental test for every Government is whether, when it leaves office, those with the least in our society are in a better position than when it entered office. The choices that Government…
According to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office total fossil fuel subsidies in 2020 were €2.2 billion, compared with €2.8 billion in value in 2019. The decrease was mainly due to…
Earlier this week, Irish Aid published its Climate and Environmental Finance Report 2020 detailing the "levels and channels of Ireland’s international climate finance". In the opening paragraph…
Ireland remains the only western European country without universal coverage for primary care[1]. Ireland’s health system ranked 22nd out of 35 countries in 2018 but on the issue of accessibility…
2011 marked a year where Ireland was in deep economic crisis as the banking and property crash continued to unfold. Unsurprisingly, the labour market is transformed since then with an additional…
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the 24th February, an estimated 4.5 million people have fled Ukraine seeking refuge across international borders. The UNHCR has declared the situation a…
€27 per week is the increase required to core social welfare rates and pensions in the next Budget if current trends are maintained. This is simply to bring these payments back to where they were…
Fashion Revolution Week is an annual campaign that takes place every year in the week surrounding the 24th of April. This date is the anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in…
