Podcasts about social justice ireland

Joining Brendan to talk through what's making the news today are: Tabitha Monahan, Political Reporter at the Irish Independent; Oisin Coghlan, Public Policy Advisor; Susanne Rogers from Social Justice Ireland and Seán O'Neill McPartlin, Director of Housing Policy at Progress Ireland. RTÉ Sport's Tony O'Donoghue previews Ireland v Hungary

The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC is the upcoming 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025. Our research and policy analyst Michelle Murphy briefly sets out what COP 30 is all about and what outcome is hoped for.  UN Climate Change Conference - Belém, November 2025 Delivering a Just Transition for Ireland: policy options

The Department of Finance this week published a major report which looks to provide a long-term economic and fiscal outlook for Ireland, set out over four decades.'Future Forty: A Fiscal and Economic Outlook to 2065' projects falling tax revenues, an ageing population and no immediate end to the housing crisis.Daniel McConnell, editor of the Business Post, Kate English, chief economist with Deloitte, and Michelle Murphy, research and policy analyst with Social Justice Ireland, all joined The Last Word to discuss where Ireland's economy will be in forty years?Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page!

Michelle Murphy, Research and Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland, outlines their reaction to Budget 2026.

Yesterday afternoon, Finance Minister Pascal Donohoe announced the details of Budget 2026. While last year's pre-election budget was widely described as a giveaway, this year's was anything but. We get more reaction to Budget 2026 with Peadar Toibin, Aontú TD for Meath West and also Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland.

With the campaigns to be the next Irish President in full swing, this week on Taking Stock Susan looks at how much candidates are spending and what is the cost of the office to the economy, when she talks to Tech and Democracy Strategist Liz Carolan.Norway is always held up as the ‘best-in-class' when it comes to managing the public finances and Susan take a deep dive into Norwegian economic Miracle when she talks to Allister Doyle the former Oslo Bureau chief at Reuters Plus, in the run up to the budget Susan talks to Michelle Murphy of Social Justice Ireland about how a society is more than just an economy.

Tony Foley, Emeritus Associate Professor of Economics at Dublin City University; Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance; Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland; Paul Hosford, Political Editor with the Irish Examiner

Tony Foley, Emeritus Associate Professor of Economics at Dublin City University; Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance; Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland; Paul Hosford, Political Editor with the Irish Examiner

We're edging closer to budget 2026 but if you're hoping for a bit of relief in terms of taxes, you should probably lower expectations….it is the first budget of the new Government term after all!Joining Kieran to look into the crystal ball of what we can expect is Dr Tom McDonnell, of the Neven Economic Research Institute and Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland.

Jean McCabe, CEO of Retail Excellence Ireland and Michelle Murphy, research and policy analyst with Social Justice Ireland

A recent survey by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission showed 84% of Irish people are worried about the cost of living crisis…What can be done to improve things?To discuss, Kieran is joined by Economist at TU Dublin, Emma Howard, and Research and Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland, Suzanne Rogers.

Michelle Murphy, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland and Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire

The Government is being encouraged to act now to make Ireland a better place for the older population of the future. ALONE and Social Justice Ireland have come together calling for the cycle of waiting for a crisis to happen, to end. In their pre-budget submissions they want social care, health and housing needs met, and investment in policies to benefit all ages. For more on this, Alan Morrissey was joined by Eugene Philips, Active Retirement Ireland's first Digital Ambassador from Quin.

Lots of Summer Blockbuster reading! Research and Policy Analysts, Michelle and Susanne briefly chat initial takes on the National Development Plan Review and the Summer Economic Statement.   Summer Economic Statement 2025 National Development Plan Review 2025 Report on Stakeholder Engagement and Emerging Themes on Infrastructure Budget 2026 Tax Strategy Group papers NPF Implementation: Housing Growth Requirements

Social Justice Ireland has long advocated that Government should commit to benchmarking core social welfare rates to average earnings to protect vulnerable households. This 10 minute lesson explains why.  Our podcast is featured as a Best Social Justice podcast on MillionPodcasts - a hand-curated database of amazing podcasts. 

Social Justice Ireland is urging the government to increase core social welfare payments by €25 per week in Budget 2026. Suzanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst with the organisation, joins us to explain why this increase is vital to close income gaps, protect vulnerable households, and help people cope with the soaring cost of living.

Social Justice Ireland says Budget 2026 must boost core social welfare payments by €25 a week to close growing income gaps and meet the Government's promise of progressive budgeting Shane discussed further with Susanne Rogers Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland.

Social Justice Ireland says Budget 2026 must boost core social welfare payments by €25 a week to close growing income gaps and meet the Government's promise of progressive budgeting Shane discussed further with Susanne Rogers Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland.

Government promises 'fiscal restraint' and no one-off cost of living payments in Budget 2026, we debate if they're right with Cormac Lucey, Economics Columnist with the Sunday Times Ireland and Suzanne Rodgers, Research & Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland.

Joining Anna Daly to go through the main stories in the Saturday papers is Killian Woods, Senior Business Reporter with the Business Post & Michelle Murphy, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland.

The Programme for Government (PfG)- Securing Our Future, published in January 2025, outlines a series of commitments made by Government across a range of policy areas. Social Justice Ireland welcomed the PfG and believes that it contains several policies and proposals that, if resourced and implemented, would represent a significant step to creating a fairer and more just Ireland. These policies would make a positive difference to society, to our wellbeing and to our communities. However, the programme also contains several causes for concern with a lack of real ambition around poverty and income adequacy and a lack of policy coherence in other areas. Read the publication and watch the full webinar HERE. Our podcast is featured as a Best Social Justice podcast on MillionPodcasts - a hand-curated database of amazing podcasts. 

Timmy Dooley Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Fianna Fáil TD for Clare; Michael Fitzmaurice Independent Ireland TD for Roscommon-Galway; Michelle Murphy, Research and Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland and Sinead O'Carroll Editor of the Journal.ie

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Michelle Murphy from Social Justice Ireland chats to JP about the income gap between low and high earners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The life-changing, life-saving, transformational nature of tax - for people and planet. Ireland's got a tax windfall of about €14 billion - that's roughly  $15 billion. What are they going to do with it..? "This is the kind of moment that doesn't come around often and we really need to seize it. Or if we let the opportunity slip through our fingers, it's going to have impacts for future generations." ~ Mansi Rawat, Social Justice Ireland We don't do enough about blue sky thinking on how tax can transform our lives. This is our chance to unlock our imaginations. It's also time for Ireland to rethink its tax haven model and for many countries, not just Ireland, to ask who its economy is serving. The Taxcast is produced by Naomi Fowler and Leo Schick of the Tax Justice Network. Further reading: Here's the transcript of the show (some is automated and may not be 100% accurate: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Taxcast-May-2025-Transcript.pdf Pope Francis, 1936-2025 (Tax Justice Network) https://taxjustice.net/2025/04/24/pope-francis-1936-2025/  Top EU court rules Apple owes Ireland over $14B in back taxes https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/top-eu-court-rules-apple-owes-ireland-over-14b-in-back-taxes/ EU's Apple ‘victory' highlights the failure of international tax rules (Tax Justice Network) https://taxjustice.net/press/eus-apple-victory-highlights-the-failure-of-international-tax-rules/ A response to the European court's bad Apple ruling, (Alex Cobham, Tax Justice Network) https://taxjustice.net/2020/07/15/a-response-to-the-european-courts-bad-apple-ruling/ Tax Haven Ireland, a book by Brian O'Boyle and Kieran Allen https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345314/tax-haven-ireland/ Previous Taxcast episode featuring Brian O'Boyle and Kieran Allen talking about their book Tax Haven Ireland. https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/episode/116-tax-haven-ireland/ Budget Analysis by Social Justice Ireland (they have also written about managing the windfall gains) https://www.socialjustice.ie/system/files/file-uploads/2024-10/Budget%202025%20Analysis%20and%20Critique%20%281%29.pdf People Before Profit calls for Apple taxes to fund State construction firm, RTE https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/1104/1479063-pbp-state-construction/ Our podcast website with all our podcasts: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/   

Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers are Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent, The Irish Examiner; Brigid Laffan, Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute, Peter Brown, Managing Director of Baggot Investment Partners, Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst, Social Justice Ireland.

Padraig O'Sullivan, Fianna Fail TD for Cork North Central; Máire Devine, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-Central; Susanne Rogers, Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland; Tadgh McNally, Political Reporter with the Irish Examiner

Padraig O'Sullivan, Fianna Fail TD for Cork North Central; Máire Devine, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-Central; Susanne Rogers, Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland; Tadgh McNally, Political Reporter with the Irish Examiner

Padraig O'Sullivan, Fianna Fail TD for Cork North Central; Máire Devine, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-Central; Susanne Rogers, Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland; Tadgh McNally, Political Reporter with the Irish Examiner

Padraig O'Sullivan, Fianna Fail TD for Cork North Central; Máire Devine, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-Central; Susanne Rogers, Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland; Tadgh McNally, Political Reporter with the Irish Examiner

Over the past year, 6,000 cases of suspected welfare fraud was recorded with more than €14 million in public money recovered. We discuss this further with James Geoghan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South and also Susanne Rodgers, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland.

Immigration to Ireland increased by 5% in the year to April 2024 but is still lower than the peack of 2007, according to the European Migration Network. In his latest newspaper column David McWilliams says we should limit immigration to some extent, he joins Cormac along with Suzanne Rodgers, Social Justice Ireland.

Joining Brendan to discuss the stories of the week were Harry McGee, Political Correspondent with the Irish Times, Brenda Power, Columnist with the Irish Daily Mail and Sunday Times, Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at University of Galway and Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst, Social Justice Ireland.

Michelle Murphy, Social Justice Ireland, David Murphy, RTÉ's Economics and Publics Affairs Correspondent and Dr. Brian Turner, Health Economist at UCC, on the new programme for government.

Michelle Murphy, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland; Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire; Paul Lawless, Aontú TD for Mayo; Alice Mary Higgins, former Independent Senator; Hugh O'Connell, Political Editor for The Sunday Times

The 34th Dail has been filled. We're joined by Reporter Maura Fay. Cathy Bennet, Sinn Fein Candidate. Niamh Smyth, Fianna Fail Candidate. Paul Hosford with the Irish Examiner. Susanne Rogers, Social Justice Ireland. Kevin Cunningham-Founder of Ireland Thinks. Ciaran O'Connor, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Brian Sheehan, Women for Election.

Please join us on patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory dissects Budget 2025 with Michael Taft, economist , and Susanne Rogers of Social Justice Ireland and they find more tokenism than transformation, We discuss how the Budget was actually regressive - those on higher incomes gained more - it failed to take transformative action on housing, health or child poverty. Michael points to a broad public retrofitting scheme as one measure that would have used the billions for transformation. Rory is also joined by Mike Allen of Focus Ireland who highlights how shockingly there was not one mention of homelessness in the Budget, and no increase in funding for preventing homelessness. We also discuss the socially divisive narrative spread by the Taoiseach and others that are trying to deflect attention away from Government policy failure and blame immigrants and others vulnerable for homelessness. We always enjoy your feedback, and please share the podcast around. Thank you for listening. (Editors note: Don't miss Michael Taft singing) Rory's Dublin Marathon for Dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/112598735

Donald Trump is arguably the most famous person - and most polarising political figure - on the planet. Few people know him more personally, or understand his upbringing better than his nephew, Fred Trump III. Fred was kind enough to chat with me about his bestselling book, All In The Family, an intimate look at the Trump clan, and his own evolution of opinions towards his uncle. While having a president in the family is not something most can relate to, the topics explored in the book are understood and experienced across the globe - from addiction to inheritance and family fallouts. In a way, so much of the family's dynamic can be understood while learning about William, Fred's youngest son - who is non-verbal and in need of around the clock care. As you'll hear throughout our conversation, Fred always grappled with the fact he didn't vote for his uncle in either election - and doesn't plan on doing so this year either - but he attended the inauguration, feeling it could provide a platform for his advocacy work for others like William. He has asked me to share two links for Irish organisations that advocate for intellectual disability rights in Ireland - where most of my listeners are. According to Social Justice Ireland, the 2022 census showed 13.5% of the population - more than 600,000 people - are living with a disability. The first link is for Inclusion Ireland, and the second is for Advocacy.ie. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The government is expected to announce a package of measures worth almost 2 billion euros in tomorrow's Budget aimed at addressing cost of living increases. To discuss Michael Magner President of the Irish Hotels Federation, Susanne Rogers, Research & Policy Analyst, Social Justice Ireland and Sean Moynihan, CEO of Alone.

Tony Foley, Senior Lecturer in Economics at DCU;Susanne Rogers, Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland; Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance; Jack Horgan-Jones, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times

We hear from Michelle Murphy, Research & Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland.

Ciara was joined by Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland, to discuss calls from the Parliamentary Budget Office for the government to consider broadening the tax base.

Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers this week are; Pat Leahy, Political Editor, Irish Times, Aisling Meehan, Agricultural Solicitor, Graham Finlay, Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations UCD and Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst for Social Justice Ireland

Eoin McGee, financial planner and author of 'How to make your money work' and Michelle Murphy, research and policy analyst with Social Justice Ireland.