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BudgetOlder Workers in Ireland’s Labour Market
The Winter Skills Bulletin 2025 from Solas, the state agency responsible for Further Education and Training (FET) in Ireland, provides an in-depth labour market perspective on the role, participation, and skill characteristics of older workers in Ireland. For the purposes of this report, those are workers aged between 50 and 74 years of age. It draws on data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Eurostat and traces changes in employment patterns and labour force participation up to Quarter 1 2025.
An Ageing Workforce
Much has been written about Ireland's notable demographic shift. Between April 2019 and April 2025, the population of those aged 50 to 74 grew by 18 per cent, from 1.25…
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Ciáran Nugent on Labour market outcomes of third level graduates in high-income EU members
Rising poverty rates shows the need to urgently address income adequacy
POLICY AND DATA ANALYST – CONTRACT
Measuring Progress 2026 – Economy Index
Addressing poverty in the EU
Poverty continues to present a persistent and multidimensional challenge right across the European Union. In early 2026, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published a significant policy-focused report titled “Addressing poverty in the EU: Insights from science and practice for an Anti-…
Thought for the day
“Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
Irish Households Becoming More Savvy About Internet Security in 2025
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Ber Grogan and Carol Baumann, Simon Communities Of Ireland on Older Adult Homelessness in Ireland
A New Social Contract is Needed
In January 2026, the Hot or Cool Institute, in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), published a comprehensive report titled 'Unfulfilled Promises? The State of the Social Contract in the 21st Century'. This study evaluates whether the implicit social contract…
Ireland Ranks 7th out of 14 EU countries on UN Sustainable Development Goals
Ireland ranks 7th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index, commissioned by Social Justice Ireland. The index comprises three dimensions: economy, society and environment. Ireland is ranked sixth of the 14 countries on the economy index and fifth on the social…
How care, rights and inclusion must evolve in a changing world
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Marianna Baggio on 'Out of the shadows: understanding and formalising undeclared care work in the EU'
An Alternative Wellbeing Framework for a Fairer Future
A Limited Perspective: Gaps in the Government’s 2025 Wellbeing Framework
