Category: Europe

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 consequences of our populations' ageing. It should be a good news story. More people are surviving into older age due to the successes of childhood immunization, better hygiene, food safety, health and …

What role can football play in advancing climate justice?

Róisín Greaney 22/01/2024

Climate action on all fronts “Our world needs climate action on all fronts — everything, everywhere, all at once.” Those were the words …

“The Most Important Election Since 1989”

Maria (Marysia) Pachowicz 06/11/2023

On the 15th of October 2023, a record-breaking number of Polish citizens both in Poland and abroad took to polling stations to cast their vote in …

What Is The Point? The Difference The Left Can Make

Stella Creasy 16/10/2023

In his essay Ireland, Island of Saints and Sages James Joyce quotes Oscar Wilde saying ‘We Irishmen have done nothing, but we are the greatest …

Is an EU-Wide approach to the mental health crisis necessary?

Gerry Mitchell 29/03/2023

Mental health services are characterised by under-investment, a focus on hospital treatments and a lack of primary and community services; workforce …

Planning to freeze this winter

Robert Sweeney 08/09/2022

Much of the public’s attention in recent times has been focused on Ireland’s cost of living, in one form or another. For the last few years it …

We Must Strengthen the Democracy We are Trying to Defend

Shana Cohen 12/04/2022

First Published in the Irish Times 6 April 2022 The conflict in Ukraine has united democracies around the world, just as it has pushed Russia further …

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