The first definitive results of the 2011 census, undertaken on 10th April 2011, show that Ireland’s population continued to grow strongly from 2006, increasing by 348,404 to 4,588,252, and that…
Social Justice Ireland presented a briefing on the Fiscal Compact to the Joint Oireacthtas Committee on European Union Affairs on March 15, 2012. In this we set out the factual…
Unemployment continues its steady rise in the EU. Ireland's unemployent rate is the fourth worst of the 27 EU countries with only Spain, Greece and Portugal with higher levels.
The EU27…
The number of people at risk of poverty in Ireland has grown from 14.1% in 2009 to 15.8% in 2010 according to the latest Survey on Income and Living Condidtions (SILC) conducted by the Central…
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Ireland's newest think tank - the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) - has proposed a new €15 billion stimulus and investment programme aimed at creating jobs, boosting demand and aiding…
Theme: Inequality and Development in a Globalised Economy - The Basic Income Option
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European Commission growth prediction for Ireland shows Government’s approach to development is not workingThe European Commission today published its Winter 2011 Review of Economic…
The announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills that cuts announced to DEIS schools in Budget 2012 are to be reversed is in line with a recent report from the OECD. Social Justice…
Goes nowhere near the scale required to address long-term unemployent.
The Government’s new Pathways‘’ programme goes nowhere near what is required to have a significant…