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Time for action on biodiversity loss

Monday, 23 January 2023

The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030 through a global…

Locked Out of the Market

Friday, 20 January 2023

Locked Out of the Market is a quarterly report published by the Simon Communities of Ireland based on a snapshot survey conducted over three consecutive days. This latest version published in…

Addressing Child Poverty could save the economy billions of euro

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

The OECD launched its new Observatory on Social Mobility and Equal Opportunity late last year (2022), providing insights into social disadvantage, its causes and consequences as well as how to…

Ireland faces challenges in meeting waste targets

Monday, 16 January 2023

The latest report from the EPA reveals a number of worrying trends. Waste generation in Ireland continues to increase, making it difficult to maintain or increase recycling rates. Ireland is in…

Internet Coverage and Usage in Ireland 2022

Friday, 13 January 2023

A recent publication, Internet Coverage and Usage in Ireland 2022, from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) found that whilst one in every fourteen have never used the internet, more than four in…

Educational Attainment in Ireland

Wednesday, 11 January 2023

The most recent CSO Educational Attainment Thematic Report 2022 shows that Ireland continues to have one of the highest rates of third level education in the EU-27 with 62 per cent of 25-34 year…

Towards Wellbeing For All - Housing and Local Area

Monday, 9 January 2023

The Programme for Government acknowledged that our “existing measures of economic performance fail to measure matters such as damage to the environment and voluntary work. They also overlook…

Towards Wellbeing For All - Income and Wealth

Friday, 6 January 2023

The Programme for Government acknowledged that our “existing measures of economic performance fail to measure matters such as damage to the environment and voluntary work. They also overlook…

Towards Wellbeing For All - Subjective Wellbeing

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

The Programme for Government acknowledged that our “existing measures of economic performance fail to measure matters such as damage to the environment and voluntary work. They also overlook…

Towards Wellbeing For All - Mental and Physical Health

Friday, 23 December 2022

The Programme for Government acknowledged that our “existing measures of economic performance fail to measure matters such as damage to the environment and voluntary work. They also overlook…