Ignorance Informs Intolerance

Very few events during the Taoiseach’s present term will be as fundamentally happy as the safe return of Emily Hand...
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Ignorance Informs Intolerance

High Expectations: Loss and Damage at COP28

What is loss and damage and why is it important? The causes and impacts of climate change are widely accepted....
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High Expectations: Loss and Damage at COP28

Homelessness Should Still Shock You

This week the housing charity Threshold published its 2022 annual report. I was struck, reading it, that the numbers involved...
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Homelessness Should Still Shock You

The Unequal Consequences of Prioritising Cars

Stop de Kindermoord ‘Stop de Kindermoord’, or ‘Stop the Child Murder’ was a road safety campaign in the Netherlands during...
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The Unequal Consequences of Prioritising Cars

COP28@Home – Together for Climate Justice

“If we are confident in the capacity of human beings to transcend their petty interests and to think in bigger...
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COP28@Home – Together for Climate Justice

Prisoners’ Sunday – Reflections on a New Prison

The new prison testifies to a societal failure ... [w]e have an obligation to provide something better than a brighter...
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Prisoners’ Sunday – Reflections on a New Prison

Ecological conversion – how do we need to change?

The urgency in Francis’ communication to us makes it clear that ecological action cannot wait until it feels comfortable –...
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Ecological conversion – how do we need to change?

Budget 2024 and Traveller-Specific Accommodation

Irish Travellers are overrepresented in homelessness services and Traveller families can be left in emergency accommodation for years, which adds...
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Budget 2024 and Traveller-Specific Accommodation

Laudate Deum Summary

Laudate Deum is clearly written to inspire the delegates who will attend the COP28 meetings in Dubai in December. Francis...
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Laudate Deum Summary

How to solve the housing crisis in two easy steps… and why it won’t happen

Maybe the reason the Kenny Report is sitting on a shelf gathering dust is that governments do not want to...
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How to solve the housing crisis in two easy steps… and why it won’t happen

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Economic Justice

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Economic justice is perhaps the fulcrum around which all social justice debates in contemporary society rotate. In our political discourse, every question of human flourishing seems to be reduced to bottom-line thinking.

Environmental Justice

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Care of creation or protection of the environment emerged as a key element of social justice in recent decades. The science of ecology has described the intricate web of relationships in which people play an active part for good and bad.

Housing Crisis

Housing Crisis

The right to a safe and secure place to live is one of the most basic human rights, it is fundamental to enable people to live a dignified life. Without the security provided by having somewhere to live, physical and mental health is at risk.

Penal Policy

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People in prison are amongst the most marginalised and vulnerable in our society. The majority have left school early, experience literacy and learning difficulties and have a history of unemployment.

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Marc Chagall's Return of the Prodigal

Ignorance Informs Intolerance

Very few events during the Taoiseach’s present term will be as fundamentally happy as the safe return of Emily Hand to her family. The Tánaiste’s statement went basically unnoticed. Indeed, the Taoiseach’s full statement has also mostly been bypassed. What has been noted – with fury by many on social media and with rancour by… Read more »

High Expectations: Loss and Damage at COP28

What is loss and damage and why is it important? The causes and impacts of climate change are widely accepted. We know that more carbon pollution in the atmosphere, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels releasing carbon dioxide, leads to an overall increase in global temperatures. This causes a wide variety of impacts including… Read more »

Image of a house being built. Josh Olalde is the photographer: https://www.instagram.com/josh_olalde

Homelessness Should Still Shock You

This week the housing charity Threshold published its 2022 annual report. I was struck, reading it, that the numbers involved in their work were terrifyingly large. Over 50,000 people needed to reach out to the charity in an effort to avoid homelessness. It was a stark reminder of how the homelessness crisis that Ireland has… Read more »

Active transport

The Unequal Consequences of Prioritising Cars

Stop de Kindermoord ‘Stop de Kindermoord’, or ‘Stop the Child Murder’ was a road safety campaign in the Netherlands during the 1970s. It precipitated the widespread installation of active transport infrastructure for which the Netherlands is now famous. This campaign was led by parents who feared for the safety of their kids, and communities who… Read more »

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