Locked Out of the Market is a quarterly report published by the Simon Communities of Ireland based on a snapshot survey conducted over three consecutive days. This latest version published in March…
The latest data indicate that 11,754 people, including 3,373 children, accessed emergency homeless accommodation in the week 20-26 February 2023. Family homelessness has decreased by 40 per cent (…
On Tuesday, 7th March, the Government decided not to extend the "Eviction Ban" beyond the 31st March 2023. This will undoubtedly cause more people to become homeless in the face of a worsening…
Ireland’s initial response to the Ukrainian crisis was hailed as almost exemplary, having taken what is arguably the first “human rights first” approach to international protection in our history.…
A new report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 'Vacant Dwelling Indicators based on Metered Electricity Consumption 2021' examines "active network connections with a suitably low level of…
Locked Out of the Market is a quarterly report published by the Simon Communities of Ireland based on a snapshot survey conducted over three consecutive days. This latest version published in January…
The Programme for Government acknowledged that our “existing measures of economic performance fail to measure matters such as damage to the environment and voluntary work. They also overlook equality…
The Programme for Government 2020 commitment to the development of a well-being framework has been delivered on with the Second Report on Ireland’s Well-being Framework published in June 2022. As…
How is Ireland doing? In a country that still is unable to provide secure affordable housing, timely access to healthcare, support children with extra educational needs and has almost 595,000 people…
This Saturday, 3rd December 2022, is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In this article we look at the interaction between disability and housing. Housing TenureChart 1 below shows the…
