Is the Work Placement Experience Programme just a new version of JobBridge?
In this guest blog, Dr Jonathan Arlow asks whether the current Work Placement Experience Programme represents a revamped Jobs Bridge scheme. Concerningly, Dr. Arlow argues that - despite some improvements - the new programme has repeated many of the former scheme's mistakes. The JobBridge internship...
NERI Discussion Series ep. 15 - As the dust begins to settle - Labour market and cost of living 2022
Economic and Social analyst with Social Justiice Ireland, Colette Bennett discusses what the data is telling us about the current state of the labour market, inflation and housing affordability with...
Call for Papers - 10th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference
We face multiple challenges in Ireland and globally from a range of issues not limited to inequality, economic development, public health and ecological breakdown. These issues require responses on the part of government at many levels. To ensure these responses are at the sufficient scale and...
NERI submission to the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality
Submission by NERI Co-director, Paul Mac Flynn regarding the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality. The NERI welcomes the report of the Citizen’s Assembly on Gender Equality and the recommendations that it has issued. Several of the recommendations encompass policy areas where the NERI...
NERI Comments to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Comments from NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell on 'Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System' to yesterday's Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight.
Some thoughts on a wealth tax
In this weeks blog by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell he discusses an Oxfam report in regards to a wealth tax. A recent report by Oxfam has gotten significant attention this week. The report points to rising inequality globally and the supernormal gains of billionaires during the pandemic...
Covid-19 restrictions &economic supports for Northern Ireland
Health Minister Robin Swann has said that newly introduced restrictions do not go as far as he would otherwise like because there is no economic supports such as furlough available at the NI Executives disposal. This blog explains the reasons behind that. Most of 2021 was dedicated to the constant...
Comparing tax bites
In this weeks blog Dr. Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director explores some of the key findings from his NERI InBrief 'How heavy is the weight of tax in the Republic of Ireland - Some high-level facts'. Does tax bite particularly hard in Ireland? It depends. In the latest NERI InBrief I set out some high...
NERI webinar: Options for raising tax revenue in Ireland
The NERI webinar 'Options for raising tax revenue in Ireland' took place as a Zoom webinar on Wednesday 24th November, 2021 at 15:00. Abstract: Even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, an...
NERI webinar - 'No Going Back - The Fight for A Fairer Future' - Presentation
The NERI webinar 'No Going Back - The Fight for A Fairer Future' took place as a Zoom webinar on Tuesday 26 October 2021 at 13:10. This was a Fringe Event at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Biennial Delegate Conference (BDC). Date: Tuesday 26 October 2021 Time: 13:10 - 14:00 Topic: 'No...