What is a Universal Basic Income?
Briefly put, Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a universal non-conditional payment from government, paid regardless of income or wealth, at…
Two important pieces of legislation dealing with emergency measures as a result of COVID-19 were published last month. On the 20th March 2020, the Health (Preservation and Protection and other…
Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights…
It has been regularly commented upon since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic that the current situation has given people opportunity and impetus to consider how we have structured society. Issues…
The latest data released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, up to Q3 2019, show that Local Authorities met just 66% of their social housing output targets in the first…
The decision to put a new social contract and a focus on the wellbeing of Irish people at the heart of the Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael Framework for a New Programme for Government is very welcome. So…
As difficult as dealing with COVID-19 is for countries of the developed world with their sophisticated healthcare systems, the coronavirus pandemic has the potential to devastate the countries of…
Government needs to engage all sectors of society, not just trade unions and employers, in addressing the huge challenges Ireland currently faces in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. If…
Practically all of the commentary surrounding the negotiation of a policy programme for the next government has been about COVID-19 and its repercussions. This is both understandable and necessary…
The world is confronted with a health and economic crisis that is enormous in size and scope, and one that will inevitably impose its heaviest tolls on the most vulnerable. A health emergency on a…
