Category: Europe
25 Years of Change: Addiction Work in Dublin Through a Trauma Informed Lens
Passerose Mantoy 20/01/2026
If you walked into an addiction service 25 years ago – when I started working in Chrysalis CDP, a Dublin community drug project – the work looked very different. Heroin dominated the scene; the focus was on reducing harm and crisis management– dissemination of harm reduction information and materials, needle exchanges, methadone programmes …
Challenging disability access to transport in Ireland
Sophia Black 17/12/2025
In Ireland, people with disabilities, whether visible or non-visible, face various difficulties in accessing public transport. These challenges limit …
Voices of Civic Engagement
Emma DeSouza 03/12/2025
Deliberative democracy has been on the rise globally as more governments embrace citizen participation as a tool in policymaking. Despite this …
Turning away from ‘Authoritarian Populism’
Tiarnán McDonough 18/09/2025
For the last two weekends in a row, protests in central London have given rise to scenes that have been reported around the world and will trouble …
Employment Rates, not Age, is a Better Predictor of Future Economic Dependency
Nat O'Connor 19/08/2024
Across the richer countries of the world—and increasingly across low and middle income countries too—there is concern expressed about the …
What role can football play in advancing climate justice?
Róisín Greaney 22/01/2024
Climate action on all fronts “Our world needs climate action on all fronts — everything, everywhere, all at once.” Those were the words …
“The Most Important Election Since 1989”
Maria (Marysia) Pachowicz 06/11/2023
On the 15th of October 2023, a record-breaking number of Polish citizens both in Poland and abroad took to polling stations to cast their vote in …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …