2011 marked a year where Ireland was in deep economic crisis as the banking and property crash continued to unfold. Unsurprisingly, the labour market is transformed since then with an additional…
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the 24th February, an estimated 4.5 million people have fled Ukraine seeking refuge across international borders. The UNHCR has declared the situation a…
€27 per week is the increase required to core social welfare rates and pensions in the next Budget if current trends are maintained. This is simply to bring these payments back to where they were…
Fashion Revolution Week is an annual campaign that takes place every year in the week surrounding the 24th of April. This date is the anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in…
Ireland and the wider world is moving steadily towards the deadline of 2030 by which time we are supposed to have delivered on the Climate Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals.…
The world is at a crossroads. The decisions we make now can secure a liveable future. We have the tools and know-how required to limit warming. But we must act immediately, and every…
While the recent Government package of measures to address increases in the cost of living were welcome, they fail to deal with the reality of the unavoidable trade‐offs people living on…
As the Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys T.D., announced last week, the commencement of auto-enrolment is about to happen. Having reviewed some key design features of the…
The basic income pilot programme for artists, announced by Government today, is most welcome and is far more appropriate to deal with the income challenges of the 21st century than anything that…
The publication of the Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy and the Circular Economy Bill marks significant policy progress for Ireland. Embedding the circular economy principles…
