The Central Statistics Office has recently published new findings from the 2024 Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), offering a closer look at how health and poverty are connected in…
It is helpful to compare Irish levels of poverty to those elsewhere in Europe. Eurostat, the European Statistics Agency, produces comparable ‘at risk of poverty’ figures (proportions of the…
Fairness must be at the centre of Budget 2026. We are wealthier than at any time in our history, and yet almost 630,000 people are living below the poverty line, 190,000 of whom are…
In addition to tracking the post-Budget income levels of different households, Social Justice Ireland is also focused on assessing how the income divides between different household types…
Budget 2025 marked the fifth and final Budget of the coalition Government that held office from 2020-2025. The first two of these were presented in the context of the challenging Covid-19 pandemic (…
Budget 2025, announced in October 2024, was the final budget of the outgoing coalition Government and was presented as some aspects of the cost-of-living crisis continued to challenge households…
In a newly commissioned report on the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA), more than 50 recipients were interviewed by a sociologist to talk about the changes that the BIA has brought to their lives.…
Budget 2025 marked the fifth and final Budget of the coalition Government that held office from 2020-2025. This year’s edition of our analysis of the distributive effects of budget policy offers an…
The latest release from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), detailing the 2024 Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) module on Child Deprivation, presents a sobering snapshot of life for too…
In the latest edition of Social Justice Ireland’s national social monitor, 'Putting Fairness First', outlines policies and proposals that would support Government in putting fairness at the…
