Social Justice Ireland is delighted to announce that our colleague Michelle Murphy has been appointed by Government to the Just Transition Commission. The Just Transition…
Lone parents face numerous socio-economic challenges, particularly when it comes to balancing work and the giving of care. In Ireland, lone-parent families are at a higher risk of poverty…
Social Justice Ireland made a recent submission to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action on progress in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals. Social…
The 2023 FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) Annual Report highlights the importance of ensuring access to justice, with transformative outcomes in pivotal areas of law, policy reform, and public…
FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless) and Fondation Abbé Pierre have recently released their ninth comprehensive report on homelessness in Europe. The…
Budget 2025 is cold comfort for the hundreds of thousands of people who’ve been frozen out of Ireland’s economic recovery. The Government's decision to repeat those measures from the past two…
In discussing Unemployment Blackspots with the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment Social Justice Ireland made the following observations. Ireland’s employment…
The Living Wage Technical Group, of which Social Justice Ireland is part has called for the introduction of a real living wage of €14.75 per hour. The new rate represents a…
Our long-standing failure as a society to adequately engage with the issue of child poverty, and drive substantial and permanent reductions in it, is building long-term problems. If…
Many of the Budgets since the end of the last economic crisis have given emphasis to providing reductions in income taxation. Some recent commentary has also attempted to suggest that income…
