Tagged with: equality
What Can Be Done About Faulty Building
Paul Sweeney 10/02/2023
Many of the deaths in the recent Turkish earthquakes could have been prevented had there been better laws and better enforcement of the existing lax laws on construction in that country. The Irish government is to spend up to €2.5bn of taxpayers' money in remedying faulty buildings, on top of the €1.5bn of taxpayers' money to be spent …
Innovate for Ireland
Paula Tumulty 14/07/2022
Innovate for Ireland: Is this scheme an extension of privilege and elitism or a new opportunity to contribute to democracy and equality? PhD …
Ride-sharing services are not the answer to Dublin’s taxi problem
Michelle O'Sullivan 12/07/2022
This article originally appeared in The Irish Times, 8th July 2022. In response to concerns around the availability of taxis in Dublin, …
Build Back Better or Back to Business as usual?
Gerry Mitchell 30/06/2020
Build Back Better Guiding Principles Originating in the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami, ‘Build Back Better’ has been a United Nations …
Making Equality Count—the Case for Budgetary Impact Assessments
Clara Fischer 29/11/2012
Clara Fischer: Ireland’s next budget is only around the corner, and people all over the country are bracing themselves for what is set to be …
Scale of inequality now a drag on our economy and well-being
Colm O'Doherty 09/08/2012
Colm O'Doherty: The results from the Central Statistics Office Survey of Income and living Conditions 2010, released earlier this year, confirmed …
Questions that should be put to the Minister
Michael Taft 27/07/2011
Michael Taft: The Cabinet has approved the interim Household Charge of €100, designed to ‘raise’ €160 million from 1.8 million households. …
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