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Latest projections show austerity is unnecessary

Wednesday, 17 March 2021

A recent publication by the Government’s own Parliamentary Budget Office provides an analytical model for public debt sustainability and shows, without debt consolidation or spending cuts, Ireland…

Priorities for training and lifelong learning post COVID

Monday, 15 March 2021

Ireland has made welcome progress on lifelong learning rates in recent years. Although our participation rate has been slowly improving (reaching 13% in 2019), those engaged in lifelong learning…

Gender Employment Gap widens with lower education levels

Friday, 12 March 2021

The gender employment gap is the difference in rates of employment for men and women. New figures from Eurostat shows that education has a key role to play in closing this gap. For those with low…

NESC Review of Community Call

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

In 'Community Call: Learning from the Future' NESC looks at how Community Call was established, how it has developed, and the learning from this innovative programme. It found that organisations…

Shared Equity in Unaffordable Housing

Monday, 8 March 2021

In January 2021, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage published the General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020[1] (the General Scheme). Various mechanisms are contained…

Minimum Wage Inequalities in Europe

Friday, 5 March 2021

There is a large disparity between the rates of minimum incomes across the EU27 as show by new figures released by Eurostat, but that’s only part of the picture.

Most countries across the…

Health Inequalities - the postcode lottery

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Health is not just about healthcare. The link between poverty and ill-health is well established by international and national research. A World Health Organization Commission that reported in…

Digital automation and the future of work

Monday, 1 March 2021

The report ‘Digital automation and the future of work’ by the European Parliament Research Service recognises that the impacts of technological change on work and employment are…

Still Locked Out – Market Rents remain beyond HAP limits

Friday, 26 February 2021

The latest Locked Out of the Market Report from the Simon Communities of Ireland shows that, contrary to expectation and an increase in supply, the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions did not lead to a…

Ireland Ranks 11th out of 15 EU countries on UN Sustainable Development Goals

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

The report entitled ‘Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2021’ ranks 15 comparable EU countries based on their delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The…