The Central Statistics Office has recently published new findings from the 2024 Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), offering a closer look at how health and poverty are connected in…
The experience of the past two decades has highlighted the central role of taxation in budget deliberations and in shaping policy at both macro and micro level. Taxation not only funds public…
Social Justice Ireland is a key partner in the MA in Social Justice and Public Policy at the South East Technological University. This two year part-time programme gives…
Homelessness is becoming normalised. Each month brings a new record high in homelessness figures. The latest data indicate that 15,915 people, including almost 5,000 children, accessed emergency…
A recent report from the WHO Commission on Social Connection, From loneliness to social connection: charting a path to healthier societies, has spotlighted a major but often overlooked…
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the additional allocation of €34bn in funding announced as part of the National Development Plan (NDP) Review, of which €24bn is additional capital…
On June 5, 2025—World Environment Day—the Global Footprint Network announced that Earth Overshoot Day will fall on July 24 this year. This marks the date when humanity's demand for ecological…
In today’s (Thursday July 17th) Budget Forum, hosted by Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary TD, Social Justice Ireland will call on Government to prioritise…
It is helpful to compare Irish levels of poverty to those elsewhere in Europe. Eurostat, the European Statistics Agency, produces comparable ‘at risk of poverty’ figures (proportions of the…
A new paper from the Parliamentary Budget Office provides an overview of the Social Insurance Fund’s (SIF) operations, income and expenditure trends, and highlights key risks to its long-term…
