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Social Justice Matters Podcast - Marianna Baggio on 'Out of the shadows: understanding and formalising undeclared care work in the EU'

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Our 2025 Annual Social Policy Conference was on the theme 'Care in a Changing World', bringing together voices from across the care landscape — carers, advocates, policymakers and organisations…

An Alternative Wellbeing Framework for a Fairer Future

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The Wellbeing Framework has become a valuable tool for guiding Ireland’s policy decisions. Each year, the Government of Ireland publishes a wellbeing report, Understanding Life in Ireland…

A Limited Perspective: Gaps in the Government’s 2025 Wellbeing Framework

Understanding Life in Ireland: The Well-being Framework 2025

The Government’s report Understanding Life in Ireland: The Well-being Framework 2025 opens by stating that the “framework provides a high-level holistic overview of how our…

World Inequality Report 2026

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The World Inequality Lab recently published its 'World Inequality Report 2026', the third edition of a landmark global assessment of economic disparities. The World Inequality Report brings…

Social Justice Matters Podcast - Dr. Naomi Feely on responses to Child Poverty

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Dr. Naomi Feely is Policy Director with the Children's Rights Alliance. She chats with Susanne Rogers about two recent documents related to measures tackling Child Poverty in Ireland.  …

The True Scale of Social Housing Demand in Ireland

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Ireland’s housing crisis remains one of the most pressing social and economic challenges. The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) recently published a detailed analysis. 'Ongoing…

The Human Freedom Index 2025: A Global Picture of Liberty

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The Human Freedom Index (HFI), co-published annually by Canada’s Fraser Institute and the U.S.-based Cato Institute, provides one of the most comprehensive comparative assessments of freedom in…

An international protection process that is fair, timely, and humane is not only achievable, but also essential

Review of Ireland’s International Protection Application System

The central message from the Roundtable on Migrations in Our Common Home’s latest policy brief is an international protection process that is fair, timely and humane is not only achievable, but…

Care in a Changing World - Conference

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On Wednesday, 12th November 2025, Social Justice Ireland held our Annual Social Policy Conference. This year's Conference was on the theme 'Care in a Changing World'. Our 2025…

Social Europe in an Uncertain World

EU and Irish Flags

Persistently high poverty rates among children and older persons in the European Union should ring alarm bells for policymakers.  The ageing of Europe’s population, the fact that there are…