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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Jul 5

Will the Government really put McDonald’s ahead of children in poverty?

The share of children below the poverty line is no lower than during the worst years of the financial crisis

www.irishtimes.com

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Jul 5

The puzzle.

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Jun 17

Great to see coverage of our latest report funded by the Dept of Children today. Many of the children experiencing deprivation but who are not below the income poverty line are in households with high housing costs, have incomes just above the poverty threshold or have additional costs or debts

The Journal @thejournal.ie · Jun 17

Accounting for housing costs almost doubles the number of children classed as impoverished in Ireland
https://www.thejournal.ie/housing-costs-children-in-poverty-ireland-6734942-Jun2025/

Accounting for housing costs almost doubles the number of children classed as impoverished

At risk of poverty is defined as a household that has an equalised disposable income below 60% of the national median equalised disposable income.

www.thejournal.ie

Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · May 30

Powerful piece by #ThomasO’Driscoll

Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · May 29

Some of us are born with the safety net of privilege, others with the trapdoor of poverty

Justice requires us to ask not who has failed, but who has been failed. We owe each other better than this broken society

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Apr 28

All 16 reports available @esri.ie website www.esri.ie/publications
Including 2 handy new overview publication

Publications

www.esri.ie

Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Apr 28

Stark differences in educational participation in IE and NI, which lie behind many of other differences found in the Shared Island research programme Adele Bergin @esri.ie providing an excellent overview

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Apr 28

Delighted to hear Taoiseach Micheál Martin discuss the findings of the @esri research programme on the social and economic issues on a shared island. He mentions the untapped potential of cooperation and challenges faced highlighted by the research.

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Apr 4

Benefits for father’s leave in Ireland are paid at a flat rate & are lower than in most EU countries. Fathers who have more of the income replaced are more likely to take leave, as are those in couples where the mother is the main earner. Read more in our new study published today!

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Apr 4

Today, @ihrec.bsky.social and @esri.ie have published a new report titled 'Child Related Leave: Usage and Implications for Gender Equality.'

💡 Read more key findings: www.esri.ie/news/new-ihr...

📄 Download the full report: www.esri.ie/publications...

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One Family Ireland @onefamilyireland.bsky.social · Apr 2

🗣️Karen Kiernan, CEO One Family, on last night's RTÉ news responding to latest Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) research on low-income households (1/2)

#oneparentfamilies #singleparent

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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Mar 28

Today, @ESRI.ie, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), and @deptjusticeirl.bsky.social have published the Monitoring Report on Integration 2024.

💡 Read the key findings: www.esri.ie/news/migrant...

📄 Download the full report: www.esri.ie/publications...

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Mar 28

Congrats Kat! Well deserved.

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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Mar 25

“Mental health, addiction issues among parents & a lack of resources in disadvantaged communities can impinge on a child getting to school.”

Prof Emer Snyth in today's @irishtimes.com discussing our recent report 'The School Completion Programme revisited':

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Children are missing school at an alarming rate. What is going on?

The number of pupils chronically absent from school has doubled. Experts say making students feel they belong is key to tackling the problem

www.irishtimes.com

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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Mar 19

Today, we have published 'Paths, Tracks, Gaps and Cliffs: The post-school pathways of students with special educational needs'

🏫 Young adults with disabilities value school for its social aspects, though those with multiple conditions face more challenges

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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Mar 18

EVENT | Join us for our annual Geary Lecture where Prof Christian Dustmann (UCL) will deliver a talk titled "Understanding Immigration: Labour Markets, Policy, and Public Perception".

🗓 Wednesday, 2 April 2025
⌚ 16:00-17:00
📍 ESRI

Register: www.esri.ie/events/under...

A graphic advertising an event that reads: 'Geary Lecture: Understanding Immigration: Labour Markets, Policy, and Public Perception", Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL), Professor of Economics, University College London, Date: Wednesday, 2 April 2025, Time: 16:00-17:00, Location: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Register at ESRI.ie/events. There is an image of a globe symbolising immigration.

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Mar 14

Coverage of new @esri.ie study with @ihrec.bsky.social on the extra costs that people with a disability face. Leading to even higher poverty rates than those regularly reported

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Mar 13

Households of people with disabilities hit by extra costs and lower income

Up to 93% of household disposable income goes towards mitigating severe disability, report finds

www.irishtimes.com

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Mar 13

“As per usual, meeting the contestants is also an opportunity to see job descriptions that the labour economist Richard Scarry never dreamed of.” - love this😂

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Theano @theanok.bsky.social · Mar 13

Our report on the cost of disability is finally out ! Co-authored with @karinadoorley.bsky.social & @agathesimon.bsky.social, it shreds light on the stark financial burdens faced by households with disabled members. 🧵👇

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Mar 13

Today, @ESRI.ie and @ihrec.bsky.social have published 'Adjusting estimates of poverty for the cost of disability'.

💡 Read more key findings from the report: www.esri.ie/news/disable...

📄 Download the full report: www.esri.ie/publications...

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Mar 12

Dublin City's greening of neighbourhoods takes next step, but community group says more action needed to account for trees not replaced irishcycle.com/2025/03/12/d...

Dublin City’s greening of neighbourhoods takes next step, but community group says more action needed to account for trees not replaced

— 20 trees are being added to new depaving locations, but residents say tree coverage in the area has been reduced by 61 trees since 2009. Following street greening efforts in areas such as S…

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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Mar 11

EVENT | Join us online for the launch of the 2024 Monitoring Report on Integration, which examines outcomes for migrants in employment, social inclusion, education and active citizenship.

🗓 Monday 31 March 2025
⌚ 11:30 - 12:40
💻 Online via Zoom

Register here: www.esri.ie/events/monit...

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Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) @sllshome.bsky.social · Mar 3

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS APPROACHING!

⭐ Call for Abstracts: SLLS Conference 2025 ⭐

Life Course Transitions and Patterns: Stronger Evidence for Better Policies
University of Fribourg, Switzerland / 8-10 September

Submission Deadline: 14th March 2025
www.sllsconference.com/callforabstr...

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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Mar 4

Graph showing trends in absenteeism 2018-22 in schools in Ireland. UB1, urban band 1, are schools in the most disadvantaged areas

Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · Mar 4

Worrying trends in school attendance post-Covid in both primary and secondary schools in Ireland. Highest absentee rates in the most disadvantaged school. High levels of school completion have been a real success story but declining attendance &school engagement threatens this

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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Feb 25

Today, we have published 'Promoting a nationwide collective response: lessons from the social activity measure during the COVID-19 pandemic.'

💡 Read the Research Bulletin: esri.ie/publications...

📄 Download the full report: esri.ie/publications...

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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · Feb 20

Gender Pay gap at Irish universities (2024, Median hourly pay gap)

ATU: 12.6%
DCU: 8.3%
Maynooth: 8.86%
MTU: 8.5%
SETU: 24.3%
TCD: 11.0%
TUD: 18.25%
TUS: 6.7%
UCC: 11.56%
UCD: 2.66%
UG: 14.4%
UL: 8.6%

Source: @paygap.bsky.social paygap.ie/companies

All Companies - Irish Gender Pay Gap Portal

A list of all companies that have data listed in the portal, including the company website and what year they first started reporting.

paygap.ie

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Shane Timmons @shanetimmons.bsky.social · Feb 14

Paid internship for final year undergrad/masters students to work on an exciting environmental policy project

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · Feb 14

We are currently recruiting for the following position:

Behavioural Research Unit Summer Internship 2025.

Applications for this Internship are invited from Economics, Psychology and Social Policy students entering or completing the final year of their undergraduate degree programme

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