State's progress in closing gap between rich and poor likely to be reversed, group warns
Poorest gained 39 cent per week as wealthier gained €16.11 per week, think tank says
Cost of living: Increase to social welfare needed, advocacy group says
Increase of €27 a week necessary to protect vulnerable, says Social Justice Ireland
State is still ‘seriously underperforming’ in tackling poverty, Social Justice Ireland says
Republic ranks 10th of 14 comparable EU countries in sustainable progress index
Extra €1.3m for students amid calls for further cost-of-living measures
Top-up to Student Assistance Fund announced to help with cost of food, books, bills
Michael McDowell: Bedsit ban offers a warning on future income supports
Unintended consequences can cancel out positive effects of well-meaning initiatives
Government ‘should adopt’ minimum effective corporation tax rate of 10%
Social Justice Ireland calls for reform of business tax code here
Human trafficking plays key part in cannabis production, says human rights expert
Number of cultivation and drug manufacture offences doubled last year during pandemic
Students face 3% lower income over lifetime due to Covid-19
Loss of learning and income cuts from pandemic to hit disadvantaged pupils hardest
Increasingly poor economic outcomes for youth ‘unsustainable’, committee hears
Stephen Kinsella says youth likely to experience higher rates of joblessness even as economy rebounds
Ireland ranks lowest on environment in latest EU progress index
Comparison of 15 EU countries shows better progress under social and economic actions
Government urged to establish new social dialogue structure
Unions say they have no interest in centralised pay bargaining system
Covid-19 threatens future of EU, Social Justice Ireland says
Around 86 million Europeans including 19 million living in poverty
The burning of Cork by the police in 1920 was hardly surprising
Amid escalating violence and fear, it took just one incident to ignite the situation
‘New social contract’ welcomed by Social Justice Ireland
FF-FG programme for government most significant, says St Vincent de Paul
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