Despite progress on the issue over the past two decades, there is still considerable poverty in Ireland. Driven by increases in social welfare payments, particularly payments to the unemployed,…
Everyone has experienced the recent increases in the cost of living. But not everyone experiences these increases evenly. Analysis by the CSO indicates that, while all households experienced an…
Ireland’s social contract is broken yet we have the resources and the capacity to deliver a new social contract. Now is the time for political will and ambition to deliver real and impactful…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by Ireland along with all countries of the United Nations in 2015, sets out common goals for peace and prosperity, now and for generations to…
According to the latest release from Eurostat, rural areas are falling behind when it comes to digital literacy. According to the report, over a quarter (26 per cent) of people in the EU aged…
A recent publication from the Central Statistics Office looking at poverty status by health indicators shows that poverty rates and rates of enforced deprivation are higher in people who report a…
Fashion Revolution Week is an annual campaign that takes place every year in the week surrounding the 24th of April. This date is the anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in…
Some 32 armed conflicts were reported in 2021, a slight decrease on the 34 reported in each of the years 2018 to 2020. The main change is because the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over…
Government announced the development of a National Demand Management Strategy aims to reduce traffic congestion. Social Justice Ireland welcomes the development of this strategy, which…
Today, April 21st, is Ireland's Earth Overshoot Day for 2023. This is the day when, if everybody lived as we do in Ireland, we will have used all the biological resources that regenerates during…
