Ireland's first National Financial Literacy Strategy 2025-2029, was launched last week (February 20th). This comprehensive plan is aimed at enhancing financial literacy across the nation. This…
Ireland ranks 9th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index. The index comprises three dimensions: economy, society and environment. Ireland is…
As we look towards the future, the quality of life across Europe remains a vital benchmark for assessing societal progress. The latest Quality of life in the EU in 2024: Results from the…
The Simon Communities of Ireland have once again highlighted the stark realities of the Irish rental market in their latestLocked Out of the Market report, published in January 2025. This…
The latestCSO County Incomes and Regional GDP 2022-2023report highlights economic disparities across Ireland, with significant gaps in regional productivity, household incomes, and employment…
The latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) highlights a concerning decline in Ireland’s housing supply. New dwelling completions in 2024 dropped by almost 7 per cent compared to…
The European Central Bank (ECB) conducts the Study on the Payment Attitudes of Consumers in the Euro Area (SPACE) to analyse how consumers in euro area countries use and perceive various payment…
In 2014, the Local Government Act was amended to introduce Public Participation Networks (PPNs). They were set up to provide a mechanism by which citizens can have a greater say in local…
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication and ratification of ‘Securing our Future’, however we are concerned and disappointed that it does not contain the ambition required to…
Eurostat recently published figures on poverty rates across the EU. In 2023, 71.7 million people across the EU (16.2 per cent) of the population were found to be at risk of poverty. [1] This rate…
