- Read more: Family care in Ireland: Carers, recipients and projections of need
The research projects that the need for family care in Ireland will increase by at least 49% by 2040, driven by population ageing. The report examines the characteristics of family carers and care recipients living in the community, as well as future need for family care.
- Read more: Pre-Budget 2027 Report
The report warns that fiscal policy must avoid adding to inflationary pressures, that repeated spending overruns undermine transparency, and that Ireland’s reliance on concentrated corporation tax receipts creates serious risk for the public finances. It also calls for a broader tax base, a credible domestic fiscal rule, and more multi-annual budgeting.
- Read more: AI and Inequality: Spotlight on the Key Issues Affecting Ireland
TASC has published a new report, AI and Inequality: Spotlight on the Key Issues Affecting Ireland. This report “examines who stands to benefit from Ireland’s rapidly expanding digital economy, and who risks being left behind. An estimated 63% of jobs in Ireland are exposed to AI to some degree, with around 30% facing a comparatively…
- Read more: Child Trafficking and ICT-Facilitated Child Trafficking in Ireland
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has launched a new report Child Trafficking and ICT-Facilitated Child Trafficking in Ireland. In the report, the Commission noted that “child trafficking remains significantly under-identified in Ireland, with the number of children formally identified as victims remaining extremely low despite growing evidence of exploitation”.
- Read more: Ireland’s Second European Child Guarantee Interim Report 2024-2025
The European Child Guarantee is an EU initiative that seeks to ensure children at risk of poverty or social exclusion have access to key services such as early childhood learning and care, healthcare, housing, school-based education and healthy school meals. These areas are key to children’s well-being and development and play an important role in…
- Read more: From Research to Impact: ATU Research-Informed, Industry-Linked Policy Brief Series – Academic Year 2025/2026
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) has launched the inaugural volume of its Research-Informed, Industry-Linked Policy Brief Series, bringing together 23 policy briefs authored by ATU researchers to inform policy and practice.
- Read more: First 5 Annual Implementation Report 2025
The report tracks progress under First 5, the ten-year whole-of-government strategy (2019–2028) for babies, young children and their families. It highlights the launch of the ‘Shaping the Future’ action plan for the early learning and care sector, the Bia Blasta pre-school nutrition programme now running in over 470 disadvantaged-area settings, and almost 247,000 children benefiting…
- Read more: The Belmayne Social Inclusion Voting Campaign
TASC has published a report on the Belmayne Social Inclusion Voting Campaign. The report assesses a grassroots initiative in Belmayne, Dublin, aimed at improving democratic engagement in an area with a high concentration of social and private renters and correspondingly low voter turnout.
- Read more: Budget Choices 2027
Social Justice Ireland has published Budget Choices 2027. The publication sets out fully-costed budgetary packages across more than a dozen policy areas including health, housing, education, welfare and sustainability, alongside a set of costed revenue-raising proposals. It is aimed at shaping Budget 2027 debate ahead of the autumn Budget process.
- Read more: Report on Child Poverty and Deprivation
The Joint Committee on Children and Equality has published its Report on Child Poverty and Deprivation. The report assesses the causes, drivers and impacts of child poverty following engagement with 19 stakeholders and children themselves.
