The Living Wage Technical Group, of which Social Justice Ireland is a member, has today published the updated Living Wage for 2025/26 of €15.40 per hour. The new rate…
Ireland’s fourth SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Week is taking place this year from 19 – 28 September 2025. September is a month for action and activity around…
A recent report from the WHO Commission on Social Connection, From loneliness to social connection: charting a path to healthier societies, has spotlighted a major but often overlooked…
A new paper from the Parliamentary Budget Office provides an overview of the Social Insurance Fund’s (SIF) operations, income and expenditure trends, and highlights key risks to its long-term…
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…
Ireland’s overall level of taxation will have to rise significantly in the years to come in order to address current service and infrastructure deficits and meet the changing needs of a growing and…
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…
The Programme for Government (PfG)- Securing Our Future, published in January 2025, outlines a series of commitments made by Government across a range of policy areas. Social Justice Ireland…
Each year, the Government of Ireland publishes a wellbeing report,Understanding Life in Ireland,to assess the quality of life across economic, social, and environmental domains. This…
The evaluation of wellbeing as a measure of societal progress is gaining ground internationally, reflecting a positive shift away from the narrower focus of traditional economic measures like GDP to…
