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Households worse off over failure to peg tax and welfare changes to income growth - ESRI

Budget 2025 seen as ‘broadly progressive’ with lower income households benefiting more

Private sector unions should seek 7% pay increases next year, Ictu says

Remuneration hike would help make up for impact of inflation in previous years, union group claims

General election 2024: What are the issues in housing?

Housing is a central issue in this election, from building targets and government supports for prospective house buyers to rising rents and building defects

Grind schools are booming. Would they offer any advantage in a properly resourced education system?

Schools are a dense web of educational experiences and social relations. How well does the grind-school offering compare on this front?

Building small terraced homes could reduce construction costs, boost supply and lower prices for first-time buyers

Small terraced houses would be more affordable for one- and two-person households, but builders prefer to construct apartments or semi-detached homes because of higher profit margins

Explainer: How did the Government come up with its latest housing target of 50,500 new homes a year?

The Coalition did not want to set targets it could not meet within the duration of the current Government – although Ministers would likely contest this

With an election imminent, it is important party policies and manifestos are objectively costed and tested

Independent assessment of political proposals is an important safeguard for the voting public

Long-term conditions in children

Reasons behind increase in diagnoses

Substantial increase in number of 13 year-olds diagnosed with disability over last decade - report

The most prevalent physical disability was found to be blindness or visual impairment (24.8%), followed by pain or difficulties breathing (19.1%), trouble doing physical activities (11.9%) and deafness/hearing impairment (2.5%)

Ageing population takes its toll on Ireland’s health system

With the proportion of elderly people increasing as the population rises, how will the country cope with the health implications of these changing demographics?

Not enough data being collected on integration of migrants into Irish society, European body says

European Migration Network says ‘clear need for more detailed and better quality data on migrants and their situation’

Regulatory delays can push electricity prices up 10%, says ESRI

Study stresses delays are separate from those of developers securing financing, or public opposition and planning appeals

Poverty risk far higher for lone parents, research finds

Economic and Social Research Institute conducted study over nine years

Budget likely to push more elderly and people with disabilities into poverty - ESRI

Child poverty rate will remain unchanged despite the child benefit lump sums

Will the Universal Social Charge become hostage to a bitter general election campaign?

The unpopular, post-crash tax may be targeted in an election arms race but pretending it can be abolished would be crazy

Acceleration in public spending is sustainable, ESRI says

Think tank assesses recent and planned hike in spending in the context of output

ESRI warns Government against delaying residential zoned land tax

Institute claims proposed tax is one of few ways policymakers could reduce cost of housing

New CSO survey to track lives of thousands of Irish babies

Between 15,000 and 16,000 families with a nine-month-old baby will be invited to take part

Almost a third of tenancies in Dublin had rent increases above RPZ limit

Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) study finds the national standardised average rent paid by new tenants is now €1,612 per month and highest in Co Dublin at €2,128 per month

Most Leaving Cert students availing of grinds but little evidence of gain for higher achieving students

Some 55 per cent of final year students availing of private tuition to boost chances of accessing university

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