Fairtrade Fortnight 2022 highlights the growing challenges that climate change brings to farmers and workers in the communities that Fairtrade works with. For two…
On Friday, 18th February, Social Justice Ireland published Measuring Success: Sustainable Progress Index 2022, analysing Ireland's progress towards the Sustainable Development…
Social Protection Expenditure in Ireland increased by 20% between 2019 and 2020 according to the latest CSO data. Social protection expenditure was €58.2 billion in 2020, a rise of €9.8bn (…
Ireland ranks 10th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index, commissioned by Social Justice Ireland. Written by Prof. Charles M.A. Clark of St…
The OECD has recently released its Covid-19 Recovery Dashboard, a selection of twenty indicators that aims to monitor the recovery of OECD countries from the pandemic. Spread across four…
Electricity consumption by data centres has increased by 144% between 2015 and 2020. This is according to the most recent data from the CSO on the metred electricity consumption of data…
Those who were left behind in Budget 2022 have been left behind again in Government’s cost of living package. Government’s plan to tackle the rising cost of living proves, once again, that this…
Two practical ways to reduce the cost of living would be to benchmark core social welfare rates to 27.5 per cent of average weekly earnings and to make the two main tax credits refundable.…
Access to appropriate education and skills development from early years to adulthood is one of the key public services that enables participation in society, public life and the labour market.…
Many changes have taken place within the private rental market over the last 2 years. The travel restrictions in place resulted in many short term lets converting to longer term lets. The…
