Is the Irish Government’s economic outlook for the period to 2015 credible given the Central Bank’s most recent forecast on economic growth? Social Justice Ireland has serious…
Government is failing to reach the key targets it set itself as part of the Europe 2020 Strategy immediately after it came to power in 2011. A new study from Social Justice Ireland published…
A new campaigning network of local and global justice organisations, Debt Justice Action, has called on the government to stop paying the debts of the former Anglo Irish Bank / Irish Nationwide…
The ‘troika’ statement that the most vulnerable in society should be protected is very welcome. So too is their statement that the ‘troika’ are committed to helping those who need help.
The ‘troika’ has been told there are serious questions concerning their credibility on the economy and the vulnerable. At a meeting in Dublin with the ‘Troika’ (European Central Bank, the…
The new healthcare structure proposed by Government could reduce effectiveness and incrases costs and bureaucracy.
The Government’s proposal to introduce a new system of seven…
The Government has decided on the structure of the healthcare system which is to follow the dissolution of the HSE. The full Government statement is reproduced below. There are serious questions…
The IMF's own review of Ireland's situation sets out the goals to be achieved on Government borrowing by 2015. It states that if the current projections are not achieved then "the savings…
Proposals seek to address a major issue but insist the cause of the current crisis must be allowed to continue
The latest proposals from the EU Heads of Government (published…