Making the Social Inclusion Forum Relevant – the ‘implementation gap’
EAPN Ireland and the Community Workers Cooperative (CWC) carried out 10 meetings across Ireland in preparation for the 2014 Social Inclusion Forum which took place on 1st April. The discussion with the...
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Press release: CSO figures published today show that 1.2 million people now...
PRESS RELEASE 19 April 2014 CSO figures published today show that 1.2 million people now experience deprivation, twice the pre-recession figure. “Nice words about ‘protecting the most vulnerable’ are...
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Putting the fight against poverty at the heart of the European Parliament...
19 European Parliament election candidates from Ireland join Europe-wide call for an EU Anti Poverty Strategy: see press release Read the special edition of the EAPN Ireland Review on the elections –...
View ArticleEAPN Ireland Special Newsflash – reminder and information on tomorrow’s...
EAPN Ireland Newsflash special issue – reminder of the European, Local and By-elections tomorrow. Information on how to vote, the candidates, issues in the election and issues for the new European...
View ArticleEAPN Ireland AGM
EAPN Ireland draft accounts 2013 for AGM 2014 Draft minutes June 2013 EAPN Ireland AGM AGM registration form, motions and nomination form draft report 2013 Agenda EAPN Ireland AGM takes place on...
View ArticleEAPN Ireland Submission to Budget 2015
EAPN Ireland today presented proposals for Budget 2015 to the Department of Social Protection’s Pre-Budget Forum in Dublin Castle. Included in its submission are proposals to increase social welfare...
View ArticleBetter Europe Alliance – Analysis of EU Recommendations for Ireland
At the end of May the EU issued seven Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland covering a range of policy areas Ireland needs to address over the coming year. These Recommendations are part of the...
View ArticleSubmission on Mid Term Review of Europe 2020
The Better Europe Alliance has made a submission on the Mid-term Review of the Europe 2020 Strategy to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs. The key issue raised is that the...
View ArticleBriefing on Europe 2020 and the European Semester
In 2010 the EU agreed the Europe 2020 Strategy which includes targets on poverty reduction, employment, early school leaving and climate change to be achieved by 2020. Ireland and all other EU...
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Round Table Tuesday 7 October: An Action Plan for Minimum Income
Please register now for the: Round table: An action plan for adequate income 7 October 2014, 9.30am to 1.15pm, in the European Parliament Information Office in Ireland, Molesworth Street, Dublin This...
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Round Table – An Action Plan for Minimum Income, Dublin, 7 October 2014
Speakers at the Round Table:Robin Hanan, EAPN IrelandMicheál Collins, Nevin Economic Research InstituteAudry Deane, Project AdvisorAnne Van Lanker, EMIN Europe Head of PolicyKatherine Duffy, EAPN...
View ArticleStatement on Budget 2015
Budget 2015 measures are the first tentative steps away from austerity – now we need some signposts and a roadmap to an inclusive Ireland. EAPN Ireland has welcomed measures announced in Budget 2015...
View ArticleEAPN Ireland NewsFlash October 2014
EAPN Ireland NewsFlash – October 2014 Contents 1. European Minimum Income Network • Irish Roundtable: An action plan for adequate income, 7 October 2014 2. The (Irish) Better Europe Alliance...
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We can only rebuild trust in Ireland’s role in Europe if commitments to...
Better Europe Alliance – CSR Presentation to JOC on European Affairs Nov 2014 An Alliance of ten Irish civil society organisations (the Better Europe Alliance) today made a presentation to the...
View ArticleEAPN Ireland Flash November 2014
EAPN Ireland Flash November 2014 Contents A. Special topic: linked-up planning for Europe? Europe 2002 and the European Semester What is the European Semester? Better Europe Alliance (Ireland)...
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New Blog post – Implementation of the Public Participation Network Process in...
New Blog post from Aiden Lloyd The evaluation of the Platform’s PPN experience in South Dublin will be presented by Brian Harvey at a seminar on Monday 24th November in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel. All...
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Conference and publication: Promoting a Socially , Economically and...
The Conference on 5 December 2014 brought together 70 social and environmental activists and decision-makers to discuss how to bring our concerns to the table, particularly with he mid-term review of...
View ArticleNew video from the Better Europe Alliance: Conference on Promoting a Socially...
A full video of the conference is now available here: Part 1: Welcome, Joan O’Donnell, Disability Federation of Ireland; Explaining the EU Semester and Europe 2020 Strategy, Michael Ewing,...
View ArticlePress Release: Poverty figures show need for 5 year plan against poverty
Press release from EAPN Ireland re poverty figures for 2013 released today As the CSO shows that deprivation rates have trebled since 2008, from a tenth to nearly a third of the population, it’s time...
View ArticleSocial Inclusion Forum (SIF) 2015 – Local Preparatory Meetings
See flyer here: Local Preparatory Meetings – Social Inclusion Forum 2015 – Flyer (2) The Social Inclusion Forum (SIF) is part of the structures put in place by the Government to support the development...
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