Education

Social Justice Matters: 2023 guide to a fairer Irish Society

Monday, 8 May 2023

In this socio-economic review for 2023 Social Justice Ireland presents a detailed analysis of a range of key matters which are central to social justice; a vision of Ireland’s future as a…

Rural areas fall behind in Digital Divide

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

According to the latest release from Eurostat, rural areas are falling behind when it comes to digital literacy. According to the report, over a quarter (26 per cent) of people in the EU aged between…

Policies to support a multi-generational workforce

Monday, 10 April 2023

A new report shows that across the OECD, the average length of a job held by the same worker declined by around nine months between 2012 and 2019, and the decline has been felt across all age groups…

Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT and the future of work

Friday, 31 March 2023

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted surveys of both employers and workers to understand the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the workplace. Here are…

Educational Attainment in Ireland

Wednesday, 11 January 2023

The most recent CSO Educational Attainment Thematic Report 2022 shows that Ireland continues to have one of the highest rates of third level education in the EU-27 with 62 per cent of 25-34 year olds…

Towards Wellbeing For All - Knowledge, Skills and Innovation

Wednesday, 21 December 2022

The Programme for Government acknowledged that our “existing measures of economic performance fail to measure matters such as damage to the environment and voluntary work. They also overlook equality…

National Social Monitor - Towards Wellbeing For All

Monday, 5 December 2022

The Programme for Government 2020 commitment to the development of a well-being framework has been delivered on with the Second Report on Ireland’s Well-being Framework published in June 2022. As…

Government needs to get serious about its commitment to the Well-being Framework

Monday, 5 December 2022

How is Ireland doing? In a country that still is unable to provide secure affordable housing, timely access to healthcare, support children with extra educational needs and has almost 595,000 people…

Towards Wellbeing For All - Conference Videos and Papers

Monday, 21 November 2022

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 question…

Budget 2023 and Education

Monday, 3 October 2022

Budget 2023 saw the combined funding for education reach €13.4 billion; a €9.6 billion allocation for the Department of Education and a € 3.8 billion for the Department of Further and Higher…