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Our 5 Key Policy Asks ahead of the European Elections

Friday, 3 May 2019

Next week, Social Justice Ireland and Trócaire will co-host a hustings event for the Dublin constituency ahead of the European Elections on May 24th. Ahead of this, we have formulated a joing…

CSO releases minimum wage data

Wednesday, 1 May 2019

The CSO released its estimates on minimum wage employment last week. The findings are generally unsurprising. People are more likely to earn the National Minimum Wage (NMW) if they are:

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Social Justice Matters - Interview with Doireann Ansbro and Liz Farries, ICCL

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

COVID-19 has seen the introduction of unprecedented restrictions on movement, with powers of detention bestowed on medical officers and Gardaí. There are also record numbers of people working…

Acknowledging the Work of Carers

Monday, 29 April 2019

The work of Ireland’s carers receives minimal recognition despite the essential role their work plays in society. Results from the 2016 Census offered an insight into the scale of these…

Time to stop paying lip service to notions of gender equality, and start investing

Friday, 26 April 2019

Policy and political rhetoric in recent times has too often paid lip service to goals of gender equality and to the contribution made to society by those in unpaid work, without making any…

Embracing Ireland as a multicultural society

Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Net migration into Ireland was positive in April 2018, continuing a pattern which has been in place since 2015. This means that more people have entered the country than are leaving it. …

Recognising all work

Monday, 22 April 2019

A major question raised by the current labour-market situation concerns assumptions underpinning culture and policymaking in this area. The priority given to paid employment over other forms of…

‘No Place Like Home’ – Ombudsman’s Report highlights institutionalised deprivation in Family Hubs

Friday, 19 April 2019

The Government is failing the most vulnerable in Irish society. Homeless figures for February 2019 showed that 1,707 families accessed emergency accommodation that month, including 3,784 children…

Effects of Child Poverty are deep and long-lasting

Wednesday, 17 April 2019

In 1998 Felitti et al published the seminal research on ACEs entitled ‘Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults. The Adverse…

Living in poverty is the reality for 1 in 5 children in Ireland - Poverty Focus 2019

Monday, 15 April 2019

The scale of child poverty in Ireland is alarming and presents very serious policy challenges for us. Poverty Focus 2019 examines the nature and experience of poverty in Ireland, and the 2019…