Eurostat, the European Statistics Agency, produces comparable ‘at risk of poverty’ figures (proportions of the population living below the poverty line) for each EU member state. The data is…
Ireland ranks 37 out of 59 countries in the Climate Change Performance Index 2023. Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an independent monitoring tool…
The deprivation figures published in today’s Survey of Income and Living Conditions show that just over 876,000 people still struggle to achieve a basic standard of living. The yearly increase…
On Wednesday, 16th November 2022, Social Justice Ireland held our Annual Social Policy Conference. This year's Conference was on the theme 'Towards Wellbeing for All'. We posed the…
Migration linked to climate change did not get the attention it deserves at COP27. The Global North must accept responsibility for its role in driving climate change and abide by their commitments…
Social Justice Ireland's Annual Policy Conference, beginning at 10am today, will address the topic 'Towards Wellbeing for All".
The success or failure of an economy is…
Government announced a universal €600 energy credit to every household at a cost of €1.2bn as one of the key cost of living measures in Budget 2023. While every household is experiencing rising…
Our recent publication Poverty Focus 2022 analysed the contribution that increases to welfare payments and supports have made to recent reductions in the headline poverty risk measure. …
Social Welfare rates must be increased by an additional €8 a week in the forthcoming Social Welfare Bill. If they are not, then Government is simply abandoning the poorest in our society. …
A new report from ActionAid 'The Long Shadow of Climate Crisis - Why a new funding facility must address loss and damage' highlights the need for Governments to go beyond humanitarian assistance…
