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BudgetFashion Revolution Week 2026
Fashion Revolution Week is a worldwide awareness campaign that takes place every year in April to promote transparency, sustainability, and ethics in the fashion industry. It was created in response to the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, where over 1,100 garment workers died and 2,500 were injured due to unsafe working conditions. The majority of these were young women. The tragedy exposed serious issues in fast fashion supply chains. Fashion Revolution Week 2026 takes place between 22nd and 28th April. The theme for 2026 is "Conscious Fashion is a Collective Mission" with the aim of re-igniting hope.
The hope is that this year’s Fashion Revolution Week will "reclaim the collective: standing…
European Local Government Report 2025
Ireland’s Earth Overshoot Day 2026: Living Beyond Our Means
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Prof. Charles M.A. Clark, St. John’s University on GDP, Wellbeing and Progress
World Happiness Report 2026
The Cash Transfer Experiment
Young people leaving the care system often face significant challenges as they transition to adulthood. Without family support or financial safety nets, many experience unstable housing, unemployment, mental health difficulties, and increased risk of homelessness. In response to these challenges, researchers at the…
Thought for the day
“No matter how big a nation is it is no stronger than its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him/her down, so it means you cannot soar.”
Earth's climate increasingly out of balance
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Renting on the Island of Ireland with Stephen Morrison, Housing Rights and Gareth Redmond, Threshold
Blanket solutions to increasing energy costs are not going to protect those most impacted by rising prices
While Government’s announcement on a package of supports to reduce energy costs on 24th March should provide some relief, they won't fully resolve the challenges income vulnerable households face. While the reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel should provide some relief, Government must recognise that in…
Measuring Progress 2026 – Environment Index
The Environment Index combines seven 7 SDGs: clean water and sanitation (SDG 6), affordable and clean energy (SDG 7), sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), climate action (SDG 13), life below water (SDG 14) and life on land (SDG 15). The analysis sees Ireland…
Measuring Progress 2026 - Society Index
Older Workers in Ireland’s Labour Market
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
