Social Justice Ireland welcomes comments by new Taoiseach Simon Harris TD in his inaugural speech on the need for a new social contract. It is important to acknowledge that despite well…
The World Happiness Report for 2024 focused on the happiness of people during different life stages and of those in different generations. Overall, Ireland ranks 17th of the 143 countries…
Results from the 2022 Census show that more than 700,000 people across Ireland volunteered on a regular basis. Of those, 290,000 people (about 6 per cent of the overall population) volunteered…
Inclusion Europe have published a new report, Inclusion indicators 2023 - Rights and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in 29 European countries examining equality and…
Social Justice Ireland was invited to discuss the topic of Platform Work at the Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Platform work, the matching of demand and…
Our 2023 Annual Social Policy Conference was on the theme of 'A Just Transition'. The fundamental principle of a Just Transition is to leave no people, communities, economic sectors or…
On the 31st January 2024, Social Justice Ireland hosted The Social Justice Movement–A Fifty Year View conference to mark the retirement of Dr Seán Healy and Sr Brigid Reynolds of …
Thursday 14th March 2024 is Social Prescribing Day which is an "annual celebration of the people, organisations and communities who make social prescribing happen".
Our thinking on…
559,850 people in Ireland are living in poverty, of which 176,912 are children.
145,561 people living in poverty are in employment - the “working poor”.
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The theme for Fairtrade Fortnight 2024 is The World is Boiling – And it’s Unfair! The focus is on small-scale farmers & producers,how they…
