Ireland's Ageing Population and the Challenge for Health and Social Care

Clodagh Lynch 02/07/2025

By 2057, Ireland will have over one million people aged 65 and older. This is not just any statistic, but it represents a shift that will shape how care is delivered to the most vulnerable people in our society. This demographic shift is happening, so the question is if Ireland is prepared for its impact? The Demographic Reality The demographic …

TASC leads with intersectionality on inequality, isolation and loneliness

Maisie Greener 30/06/2025

TASC’s flagship annual report, The State We Are In: Inequality in Ireland 2025, highlights inequality as a central issue for both economic research …

Irish Times 'Inside Politics' Podcast: Neiman on why ‘left’ and ‘woke’ are not the same thing

TASC 03/06/2025

This week’s Irish Times Inside Politics podcast featured philosopher Susan Neiman, who also spoke at TASC’s recent Annual Lecture. In the …

Creating Accountability for Data Centres in Western Dublin

Molly Newell 27/05/2025

Ireland’s booming data centre industry has become a major flashpoint in the country’s energy and climate debates. With data centres projected to …

The spread of health disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lauren Cotter 28/04/2025

When Ireland entered its first national COVID-19 lockdown on March 27th, 2020, people turned to social media for updates and health information. …

Political Imagination and a Laboratory of Social Possibilities

Mary Murphy 28/04/2025

This short blog is an argument for civil society to grow its capacity to incubate alternatives and to promote the idea of a collective ‘laboratory …

The Speaking Rights Row

Tiarnán McDonough 27/03/2025

The scenes of disorder in the Dáil chamber yesterday will have alarmed many. The row between government and opposition over speaking rights has been …

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