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 are…
In September 2015, all 193 United Nation Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ("Transforming our World"). The focus of the 2030 Agenda is the 17 Sustainable…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published Ireland’s first Climate Change Assessment Report. The Assessment provides a picture of where Ireland is in its response the climate…
Ireland ranks 8th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index. The index comprises three dimensions: economy, society and environment. Ireland is ranked 9th out…
According to the latest Central Bank figures for Q3 2023, 708,810 private residential mortgage accounts for principal dwellings are held in the Republic of Ireland, valued at just over €100…
How can we measure the value of the services that nature provides us, many of which we take for granted? Water, air, soil, trees, peatland, woodlands are among the services that nature provides…
‘Environmental Indicators Ireland 2023’ published by the CSO gives a snapshot of how Ireland is -performing over 10 themes including Greenhouse Gases, Air, Water, Land Use, Energy and…
Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in any society. The care and support we provide for them will play a large part in determining the adults they will become. The 2023 report from the…
