Much of the media commentary of recent weeks has reflected on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live our lives and, in many ways, served to highlight inefficiencies or flaws in how we…
One of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant economic ‘deep freeze’ it has resulted in has been a large reduction in harmful emissions. Globally harmful Greenhouse Gas (GHG…
COVID-19 will have many implications for Budget 2021. Not least should be the recognition of the need for a functioning society for all underpinned and supported by a vibrant and sustainable…
In 2015, the UN proposed and adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and identified 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) based on 169 targets and over 230 indicators. In January…
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the launch of a €40 million package of supports for Community and Voluntary Organisations, Charities and Social Enterprises announced by the Minister for…
In a recent opinion piece in the Irish Times, Liam Delaney, Professor of Economics at UCD, and Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics made a case for the…
If a government is setting policy goals, it is important that its taxation system supports these goals. This is just as important for environmental goals as it is for economic and social ones.…
The full cost to Ireland of the COVID-19 pandemic is as yet unknown. Our unemployment rate was 16.5 per cent in March 2020 and the Stability Programme Update (SPU) estimates a possible…
Unsurprisingly, given the closing of retail outlets across the developed world, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a huge drop in demand for clothing. While this creates financial challenges for…
Time has come to index social welfare payments to Minimum Essential Budget Standard
Social Justice Ireland welcomed the introduction of the COVID-19 unemployment and illness…
