Budget 2025 will only increase rich-poor gap, Social Justice Ireland says
Budget measures fail to match the stated ambition of tackling child poverty, says NGO
Social Justice Ireland
Social Justice Ireland - name of NGO
Transport emissions: Is Ireland’s 2030 target already off the rails?
Claims that Ireland will miss its 50 per cent transport emissions reductions target by almost half raise the question: what can we do now?
Ireland has made vital progress in tackling child poverty but no child can be left behind
If we do not pay attention to children today, they may force us to pay attention to them as troubled adults tomorrow
A politics of fairness: Transformation in how we live must come, one way or another
Rite & Reason: Our economy experienced the strongest growth in the EU for a long time, with enormous windfall tax surpluses. Yet, the problems we faced before the last elections persist
Environmental issues undermining Ireland’s progress on UN sustainable development goals – Social Justice Ireland
Republic ‘underperforming in affordable energy, clean water, infrastructure, gender equality and sustainable agriculture’
Too many people are ‘voyeurs’ to injustice and poverty, rather than challenging it - President Higgins
President delivers keynote address at celebration of 50-year careers of Social Justice Ireland co-founders Fr Seán Healy and Sr Brigid Reynolds
Child poverty in the Republic down by almost 20% - Unicef
Top-ranking countries include Slovenia and Poland, those at the bottom include UK and France
Social welfare rates raised by €12 a week in budget, with one-offs for fuel and ‘Christmas bonus’
Budget 2024: Every PAYE worker to see their PRSI contributions increase from next year
Budget 2024: Welfare for poorest and taxes for richest ‘must increase’
Budget 2024: Social Justice Ireland calls for €25 hike in weekly social welfare rates and child benefit to rise by €50 a month
‘Until the issue of the social contract is taken seriously, we are going to see the persistence of the poverty, the homelessness, the exclusion’
Priest, economist and campaigner Dr Seán Healy delivers a parting shot at the Government as he retires from his role at the head of independent think-tank Social Justice Ireland
Government’s cost-of-living measures widened gap between better off and poorest
Rite & Reason: Budget 2024 must not repeat the mistakes of last Budget
King, the Life of Martin Luther King: Strong on narrative, but light on analysis
This new biography is a pleasure to read and is likely to remain the best starting point to learn about the civil rights leader for many years to come
Co-founders of Social Justice Ireland to retire
Fr Sean Healy and Sr Brigid Reynolds have served marginalised people for over 50 years
Sharp increase in number of older people at risk of poverty, CSO finds
Further 76,000 became at risk of falling into poverty last year, State agency’s Survey on Income and Living Conditions suggests
Call for large class sizes in schools to be addressed by next government
Social Justice Ireland says students from disadvantaged areas need greater access to third level
More older people facing mortgage repayment difficulties
Housing problems facing elderly ignored amid wider crisis, conference hears
Ireland near bottom of table in meeting UN development goals
Social Justice Ireland report says State lagging behind on environment and inequality challenges
Social Justice Ireland criticises proposed budget tax cuts
‘Largest benefits flow to those on the highest incomes,’ says group
Advocacy group calls for ‘new and radical social contract’
Social Justice Ireland says legitimate expectations of Irish citizens are not being met
USC cuts would favour higher earners, says Social Justice Ireland
Budget cuts to USC would be ‘profoundly unfair’ on lower-income workers, says study
Nearly 140,000 children living in consistent poverty
CSO income survey shows one-parent families twice as likely to be poor
Extra €17m allocation will not address homelessness
Ireland ‘a long, long way from solving homeless crisis’ – Social Justice Ireland
Tax cuts should not form part of budget - Social Justice Ireland
All available resources should be utilised for society’s most vulnerable
Disposable income down €3,000 a year since start of recession – CSO
Survey shows one in six people at risk of poverty
‘The kids are going to starve . . then they have health problems’
Families are reducing their food bills following cuts to their benefits
Social Justice Ireland proposes universal pension
Group says every person over 65 could have pension of €230 per week under costed proposals
Social Justice Ireland says most savings can be secured from tax adjustments
Universal basic pension sought
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices