Poverty rate doubles among older people living alone, St Vincent de Paul says
Charity calls for emergency energy summit as utility bills continue to rise, Oireachtas committee hears
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Social Justice Ireland - name of NGO
Tributes paid to ‘tireless social campaigner’ Sister Brigid Reynolds
A native of Leitrim, Sister Brigid spent time working in northern Nigeria before returning to Ireland in 1980
Looking out for landmines in a tight budget
Ministers have been taken aback at spending allocations they believe will store up political problems for them
Ireland’s young adults on the future: ‘We are lost, forgotten about, no prospects’
From the housing crisis and precarious work to putting off big life decisions such as marriage and children, four people aged 19-37 are wary of what’s ahead
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
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
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