Re-imagining the Irish Welfare State Post-Pandemic - In person event 12 May 2022
Advice NI and TASC are co-hosting a public roundtable event on Thursday 26th May 2022 to discuss and explore the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit on vulnerable people both sides of the border. This event will be the second in our two-part series of roundtable events, the first of which took place on the 28th of February and brought together civil society organisations to highlight what they were experiencing as the main impacts from Covid-19 and Brexit. Please Register Here
TASC dialogues on a Shared Ireland - Launch Event hosted by the Taoiseach
TASC was very honoured to have the Taoiseach host the launch of our dialogues on a Shared Island series in person on the 21 May. The Irish Government’s Shared Island Initiative "aims to harness the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement to enhance cooperation, connection and mutual understanding on the island and engage with all communities and traditions to build consensus around a shared future”. You can watch back the event on our YouTube Channel Here.
Protecting the most vulnerable from the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 - 26 May
Advice NI and TASC are co-hosting a public roundtable event on Thursday 26th May 2022 to discuss and explore the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit on vulnerable people both sides of the border. This event will be the second in our two-part series of roundtable events, the first of which took place on the 28th of February and brought together civil society organisations to highlight what they were experiencing as the main impacts from Covid-19 and Brexit. Register here to join this online event.
Is there a progressive approach to construction viability?
Global inflation has been hitting most of us hard. It has the potential to derail, or at least wobble, Ireland's recovering housing market. The claim that much building is financially unviable remains a thorny issue. If correct, it follows that policy should enable more profits to flow into construction, for example by further deregulating apartment standards, reducing workers' pay, more fast-tracking of planning, and so on. Read the full blog here
