671,183people in Ireland are living in poverty, of which 188,602are children.
143,633 older people are living in poverty, an increase of…
Social Justice Ireland is calling for an audit of recent initiatives on child poverty by the Child Poverty and Wellbeing Unit in the Department of the Taoiseach to assess their overall…
Ireland ranks 8th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index, commissioned by Social Justice Ireland. The report entitled ‘Measuring Progress:…
The 'First 5' Little Baby Bundle Pilot initiativewas announced in early February 2023. 500 Little Baby Bundles will be delivered to participating families in Dublin and Waterford over the coming…
Social Justice Ireland has challenged the Commission on Taxation and Welfare’s recommendation to reject Universal Basic Income. The analysis underpinning this recommendation,…
Increasing core social welfare rates by an additional €8 per week, not a further universal energy credit, must be central to any additional Government supports to address cost of living…
Few other human activities are more intensely polluting than flying. An activity which is rewarded with tax breaks and subsidies not afforded to other sectors. Jet fuel, due to an antiquated…
A new report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 'Vacant Dwelling Indicators based on Metered Electricity Consumption 2021' examines "active network connections with a suitably low level of…
Fossil fuels continue to dominate energy use in Ireland and in the European Union. The latest data from Eurostat shows that fossil fuels accounted for 70 per cent of gross energy available…
As the one-off payments delivered as part of Budget 2023 are due to come to an end towards the end of February [1] and inflation still expected to remain high in 2023, those on the lowest incomes…
