In the latest edition of its publication ‘Quarterly Economic Observer’, NERI (the Nevin Economic Research Institute) focuses on the specific details of an alternative budgetary strategy…
In its draft 7th review of Ireland the European Commission is ignoring the key issue that jobs are not being created on the scale required and that the bailout process is failing to address both…
A new report by Eurofound shows how Ireland has one of the highest rates of NEETS in Europe at 22%. Greece has the highest at 35.9%, Bulgaria 24.6% AND Spain has 21.1%. NEETS are young…
The latest figures published by the CSO paint a grim picture in terms of employment and growth in Ireland. There has been an annual decrease in employment by 33,400 since Q2 2011 and a 1.3%…
Health spending in Europe in 2010 fell for the first time in decades. This is one of the many findings in the "Health at a Glance: Europe 2012", a new joint report by the OECD and the European…
Ireland is at significant risk of not meeting its EU 2020 targets.
Figures released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate that while Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions will…
The publication of two studies on public services in Ireland is welcomed by Social Justice Ireland. Achieving quality in public services requires both a commitment to preventing…
The findings of the CSO study on child poverty published September 6, 2012, are a scandal. In Ireland:
More than 200,000 children now living in poverty as new study shows…
The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government on the reform of local government was published in 2012.
The Irish Prison Service has misled the general public in a recent statement. It claimed to be introducing a range of ‘gratuity’ payments for those held in prison, supposedly to reward good…
