Category: Europe
A Defence of Taxation, Revisited
Nat O'Connor 10/03/2026
In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts remains as salient as ever, and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC. The context has changed, but Ireland’s tax system is still unstable and unsustainable, despite …
Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism, Revisited
Nat O'Connor 16/02/2026
In 2017, I published a paper entitled Three Connections between Rising Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism. This has been my most cited …
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 …
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 …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Passerose Mantoy
Passerose Mantoy is the CEO of Chrysalis Community Drug Project, a community-based drug …