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Social Justice Ireland is an independent social justice think tank.
We provide independent social analysis and evidence-based policy proposals, with the aim of creating a sustainable future for every member of society and for societies as a whole. In all of this, we focus on human rights and the common good.
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Social Justice Ireland
Ensuring Equal Access to Justice for All
The 2023 FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) Annual Report highlights the importance of ensuring access to justice, with transformative outcomes in pivotal areas of law, policy reform, and public legal assistance. FLAC continues to provide vital services through telephone lines, legal advice clinics, and specialised programs, such as those assisting the Roma and Traveller communities. FLAC's Telephone Information and Referral Line responded to over 12,000 queries, with family and employment law making up nearly half of the requests. This service exemplifies the significant unmet legal needs in Ireland, particularly as 52,000 calls went unanswered due to resource limitations.
FLAC's preventative work remained crucial in 2023, with 3…
Overview of Homelessness in Europe: Key Insights from the 2024 Report by FEANTSA and Fondation Abbé Pierre
Budget leaves Ireland’s more vulnerable households condemned to prolonged hardship
GIVING A VOICE TO THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE A VOICE
When you support Social Justice Ireland, you are tackling the causes of problems.
Unemployment Blackspots - Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Living Wage 2025: A Fairer Future for Workers
Proposals for a Child Poverty Budget
Our long-standing failure as a society to adequately engage with the issue of child poverty, and drive substantial and permanent reductions in it, is building long-term problems. If Government…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.”
A Decade of Income Tax Cuts have Favoured the Better Off
Wealth taxes in Ireland
Budget 2025 should focus on generating revenue, not cutting taxes
Budget 2025 should avoid using taxation measures as a means of providing short term solutions to the ongoing cost-of-living challenges that all of society continues to face. Reductions in income…
Creating a New Social Contract for the Just Transition
Eurofound have released a new report, 'Creating a New Social Contract for the Just Transition: Is Partnership Working?' which dives deep into the evolving landscape of employment, social dialogue…
Budget 2025 must focus on building resilience rather than the upwards redistribution of resources
Targeted support and coordination needed to deliver Better Work agenda
Accurate Measurement is Essential for Addressing Social Housing Needs
Resourcing schools to address educational disadvantage
