Financial Abuse: Hidden Costs of Domestic Violence
Larisa Andries 12/12/2024
Financial abuse is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of domestic violence. It extends beyond limiting access to money, undermining survivors' confidence, self-esteem, and independence. Abusers may control bank accounts, restrict employment, discourage education, and isolate victims from support networks. Even after an abusive …
Making the Grade: Exploring the Impact of GenAI on Education Equality
Molly Newell 13/11/2024
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 made generative AI (GenAI) tools more accessible than ever before, discussions about the role of …
6 Takeaways from TASC’s Workshop on Strengthening Irish Democracy in an Era of Democratic Decline
03/10/2024
On September 10th, TASC gathered a diverse group representing government, business, civil society, media, and community groups to discuss challenges …
Beyond Powaqqatsi: Towards an ecological community of communities
Matt York 03/09/2024
‘The imagination of the end is being corrupted by the end of the imagination.’ – Boaventura de Sousa Santos[i] The scientific evidence …
Migrant Workers and the Limits of the Law
Juliet McMahon, Michelle O'Sullivan 26/08/2024
While there are many high-skilled and high-paid migrant workers, in low wage sectors, research points to migrant workers’ vulnerability to …
Employment Rates, not Age, is a Better Predictor of Future Economic Dependency
Nat O'Connor 19/08/2024
Across the richer countries of the world—and increasingly across low and middle income countries too—there is concern expressed about the …
The right refugees in the wrong place?
James Wickham 13/08/2024
In 2021 there were approximately 2,000 Ukrainians in Ireland; between early 2022 and September 2023 approximately 96,000 Ukrainians arrived in …
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