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CSO numbers suggest we are still a long way from full employment

Friday, 1 March 2019

Towards the end of January, the Central Bank published its Quarterly Economic Bulletin suggesting that 'full employment' in Ireland was coming back into view.

There is no economic…

Ireland’s commitment to Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Thursday, 28 February 2019
a better world

Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication of ‘A Better World: Ireland’s Policy for International Development’, which outlines the Government’s commitment to reaching the UN…

45% of Local Authorities fail to meet social housing build targets while private sector dominates

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
housinglist li

Last week the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government published a breakdown of Social Housing Output by local authority area.  This showed that 45% of all local authorities failed to…

Sustainable local development – how can we make it happen?

Monday, 25 February 2019

How a country organises and manages stakeholder involvement is a key indicator of sustainability.  Countries who perform well in terms of sustainability and climate policy also perform well in…

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

Friday, 22 February 2019
the global goals grid color

The index publication comes in the same week as UN World Social Justice Day and is a timely reminder that Social Justice is a multi-faceted and multi-departmental issue that must be measured if it…

You can't stop progress, but you can prepare for it.

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

The OECD has called skills ‘the new global currency of 21st Century economies’.  By providing workers with increased skills, countries can ensure that globalisation translates into job creation…

The overlooked findings from Finland's "basic income" experiment

Monday, 18 February 2019

The first set of preliminary results have been released from Finland’s so-called Basic Income experiment.

We say “so-called” because while the payments bore some of the hallmarks of Basic…

Costs of ‘reprofiling’ capital funds become clear

Friday, 15 February 2019

The Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure has announced details of the projects that would experience reductions in funding or be delayed as a result of the over run. 

In 2019 the €…

Time to accept failure and start rebuilding Ireland’s housing policy

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
rebuilding ireland

The Government’s housing policy is not working.  The scale of its over-all strategy is not sufficient to meet the challenge it addresses.  Re-branding private rent as social housing has not worked…

Higher education requires a long-term funding strategy

Monday, 11 February 2019

The number of full-time students enrolled in higher education in Ireland has increased by 33 per cent in the last decade, however funding has not kept pace with the increased student intake.…