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BudgetWellbeing in Ireland 2025
The Central Statistics Office have published Well-being - Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2025 and report that in 2025, 26.5 per cent of respondents reported high levels of overall life satisfaction, broadly unchanged from 26.4 per cent in 2024. Average satisfaction with household finances was notably higher among owner-occupiers, at 7.2, compared with 5.9 among those living in rented accommodation. One in five women (20.0 per cent) reported feeling downhearted or depressed at some point in the four weeks prior to their SILC interview, compared with just over one in ten men (11.1 per cent).
Life satisfaction tended to increase with age, with 36.5 per cent of those aged 65 and over reporting high…
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Alternatives to Violence Project Ireland with Lisa Oelschlegel and Robert Cullen
The Urban-Rural Divide: What CSO Data Reveals About Life in Ireland
Vacant Houses at a time of Urgent Housing Need
The EU Anti-Poverty Strategy 2026
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Jeremy Moss on Benefit-Sharing in the Just Climate Transition
A Just Climate Transition has the potential to provide significant non-climate related benefits in the form of clean energy, green jobs, better transport, improved health and urban environments or even making society a more equal or democratic place. The creation of so many potential benefits should command just as much…
Thought for the day
“Patience is a bitter plant but it bears sweet fruit”
Time for Government to put fairness first and deliver positive change
Environment, Climate and Energy: Understanding Ireland’s Wellbeing Gap
Mapping Financial Fraud: Trends, Patterns, and Risks
Fraud has become a defining risk of the digital economy, affecting individuals across all demographics. The Central Bank of Ireland’s research paper “Caught in the Net” provides one of the most comprehensive analyses of fraud exposure in Ireland, examining who is most at risk, how fraud occurs…
Targeted package of measures to support people to move away from fossil fuels for energy, heat and transport is required
A targeted package of measures to support people to move away from fossil fuels for energy, heat and transport must be part of Government’s strategy to support households with energy affordability. Long-term planning on the type of energy infrastructure required and how we manage the transition to a society…
Social Justice Matters Podcast - Gillian Phelan, Central Bank of Ireland on the Digital Euro
Fashion Revolution Week 2026
European Local Government Report 2025
Ireland’s Earth Overshoot Day 2026: Living Beyond Our Means
