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…
Countries who signed the Paris Agreement in 2015 are now being asked to outline what plans they have to stop the increase in emissions by 2020, and dramatically reduce emissions to reach net zero…
The environmentally-focused scientific community now understands that for humanity to avoid climate disaster, the vast majority of existing coal, oil and gas reserves must remain in the ground.…
International Basic Income Week 2019 runs from the 16th of September to the 22nd. Social Justice Ireland has long been one of Ireland's leading proponents of Basic Income, and our 2016…
The Spending Review 2019 - Review of Carer’s Supports specifically examines carers support schemes since 2008. The report notes that the increasing numbers of children and adult of working…
“Pensions do not exist to increase national savings or to provide jobs for actuaries, tax lawyers, accountants, fund managers and regulators. Their purpose is to allow the elderly and disabled…
In 2017, the Government launched the Action Plan for Rural Development to support the economic and social development of rural Ireland. The Second Progress Report under this Plan was…
Adult literacy is defined by the OECD as the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts…
Last week, the Central Statistics Office released the most recent Labour Force Survey (Q2, 2019). The headlines are impressive: The Irish economy experienced its 28th consecutive quarter of annual…
Brexit is the manifestation of a political and social discontentment that has sadly been directed to entirely the wrong place; the result of years of anti-EU rhetoric, and failed social and…
