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Policy issues concerning Banking Crisis

Mortgage Arrears - 35,000 people at risk of homelessness

10th April 2018

Almost 10,000 people accessed emergency accommodation in February 2018.   Research released today by the Central Bank of Ireland suggests that almost 35,000 more are at risk of homelessness through late stage mortgage arrears.

Towards a Social Europe - Presentation

1st May 2014

Dr Brigitte Unger director of the WSI (Economic and Social Institute) presented a paper at Social Justice Ireland’s Social Policy Conference 2013 entitled ‘Towards a Social Europe’.  It addresses the threats to social policies after the financial crisis, models for a Social Europe and specific suggestions for creating a Social Europe.

Austerity is discredited, its credibility undermined, its moral basis unethical. Ireland must change direction

29th April 2013

Both the academic and moral basis for ‘austerity’ have been discredited and its credibility has been undermined. 

Social Justice Ireland statement on Anglo/IBRC agreement

8th February 2013

Deal on Anglo/IBRC compounds the injustice of the original deal and copper-fastens it for generations to come.

Euro Summit makes some progress but huge questions remain

29th June 2012

Social Justice Ireland welcomes the Euro Area Summit (June 28-29, 2012) conclusion that "it is imperative to break the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns". This is a development we have advocated for almost four years. However, the specifics of how this is to be done and what its impact will be on Ireland's budgetary situation are not clear. 

Ireland protected European financial stability by taking on debt - time to ease this burden: Karl Whelan

15th February 2012

According to Professor Karl Whelan (University College Dublin) much of IBRC’s (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) debt was incurred by the Irish state so that unsecured and unguaranteed senior bondholders in the notorious Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society would be paid back.

Ireland protected European financial stability by taking on debt - time to ease this burden: Karl Whelan

15th February 2012

According to Professor Karl Whelan (University College Dublin) much of IBRC’s (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) debt was incurred by the Irish state so that unsecured and unguaranteed senior bondholders in the notorious Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society would be paid back.

2011 Facts and Figures on Euopean Banks

20th January 2012

The European banking Federation has published facts and figures on Europe's banks which can be downloaded below.

A different approach to tackling debt crisis - Karl Whelan article in Business and Finance

4th December 2011

This article was written by Professor Karl Whelan of UCD and published in Business and Finance November 2011. 

Debates about burning bondholders who have already been repaid misses the point. It is all about promissory notes, writes Karl Whelan.

Governments must break the link between states and their banks and minimize costs to taxpayers - Chopra (IMF) supports position proposed by Social Justice Ireland

16th October 2011

Governments must break the link between states and their banks according to Ajai Chopra, Deputy Director, European Department, International Monetary Fund, and leader of the 'troika' currently overseeing Ireland's Bailout Agreement with the IMF, the European Central Bank and the European Commission.  In a remarkable presentation at the Dublin Economic Workshop in Kenmare on October 15, 2011, he outlined a position that is remarkably similar to that  proposed and advocated by

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