Sustainability

Budget 2024 must prioritise protection of the most vulnerable groups in our society

Monday, 3 July 2023

Budget 2024 should be guided by one core principle, that the measures adopted prioritise the protection of the most vulnerable groups in our society. There must be no repetition of the outcome of…

Budget Choices 2024

Monday, 3 July 2023

Budget 2024 should be guided by one core principle, that the measures adopted prioritise the protection of the most vulnerable groups in our society. Government must learn from the mistakes of the…

2023 Ireland Country Report and Country Specific Recommendations published

Monday, 19 June 2023

As part of the Spring Package, the European Commission has published a country report for Ireland and four country specific recommendations for 2023 and 2024. The country report examines some of the…

National Social Monitor: An End to Child Poverty? - Environment and Sustainability

Sunday, 11 June 2023

This section of our National Social Monitor: An End to Child Poverty? sets out the need for a Just Transition to ensure that children now and into the future do not have to live in damaging…

National Social Monitor: An End to Child Poverty? - Global Issues

Sunday, 11 June 2023

This section of our National Social Monitor: An End to Child Poverty? looks at briefly at child poverty issues across the world and what we can do here to make the changes needed. This section of…

Sustainable Development in the EU

Friday, 26 May 2023

Eurostat have published their 2023 Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context. This Report gives a overview of the progress the European Union is making towards the Sustainable…

Environmental Subsidies and Transfers in Ireland 2021

Monday, 22 May 2023

Environmental Subsidies and Similar Transfers 2021

According to the most recent data from the CSO, environmental subsidies and similar transfers in Ireland were €1.5 billion in 2021, which was an increase of €327 million, or 29 per cent, compared…

Social Justice Matters: 2023 guide to a fairer Irish Society

Monday, 8 May 2023

In this socio-economic review for 2023 Social Justice Ireland presents a detailed analysis of a range of key matters which are central to social justice; a vision of Ireland’s future as a…

Prioritise people and community over unbridled profits

Monday, 8 May 2023

Ireland’s social contract is broken yet we have the resources and the capacity to deliver a new social contract. Now is the time for political will and ambition to deliver real and impactful change…

Sustainable Development Goal 17 - Partnerships for the Goals 2022

Friday, 5 May 2023

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by Ireland along with all countries of the United Nations in 2015, sets out common goals for peace and prosperity, now and for generations to come…