Social Justice Matters is a podcast from Social Justice Ireland. We are an independent justice advocacy think tank that advances the lives of people and communities through providing independent social analysis and effective policy development to create a sustainable future for every member of society and for societies as a whole.
Episodes
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
136. SJI Interviews Ep84: State of the European Union Address with Barbara Nolan
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Barbara Nolan is Head of the European Commission Representation in Ireland. She chats to Michelle Murphy about the State of the European Union Address 2022, what the main themes were in this year’s address and what they mean for policy direction in the European Union and in Ireland.
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
135. SJI Interviews Ep83: Libraries with Stuart Hamilton
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Stuart Hamilton is the Head of Libraries Development for the Local Government Management Agency. He is the national advisor on libraries in the local government sector and leads the strategic development and implementation of service innovation and change management. He chats with Susanne Rogers about the importance of libraries to communities across the country, how they adapted to the pandemic, the move from analogue to digital, challenges to access of information and what lies ahead.
Find out more about your local library in Ireland HERE.
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
134. SJI 10 Minute Lessons Ep18: Preparing for Budget 2023
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Budget 2023 is just around the corner. In the latest episode of our Ten Minute Lessons series, we talk about what the Budget is, we bring you through the Budget process, when you might expect to feel the impact of the Budget and how you can advocate for change.
Our Budget Choices 2023 Policy Briefing can be found HERE.
We are delighted that Social Justice Matters has been recognised by FeedSpot as one of the 40 social justice podcasts you should be following in 2022. Check out the list here: https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
133. SJI Interviews Ep82: Vote at 16 Campaign with Paul Gordon, NYCI
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
To mark United Nations International Day of Democracy,Paul Gordon chats with Susanne Rogers about the Vote at 16 campaign. Paul is Director of Policy and Advocacy with the National Youth Council of Ireland. We chat about the reasoning behind the campaign, experiences in other jurisdictions, the movement in Ireland and next steps.
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
132. SJI Interviews Ep81: Youth Homelessness with Aisling O’Hara, Galway Simon
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Aisling O'Hara is Service Manager for Youth Services & Community Based Housing with Galway Simon Community. Galway Simon Community provide support and accommodation services to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the West of Ireland.
Aisling chats with Susanne Rogers about youth homelessness, the impacts on young people, the care and resources required and ideally what needs to be included in the Youth Homelessness Strategy.
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
131. SJI Interviews Ep80: Parkrun with Matt Shields
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Matt Shields, Country Manager for Parkrun Ireland chats with Susanne Rogers about the evolution of this community and volunteer led initiative. Matt Shields brought Parkrun to Ireland and has watched it grow and spread to 134 varied and diverse communities with more being added all the time. We talk about the physical and mental health benefits of exercise and volunteering that the Parkrun community experiences and what lies ahead for 2022.
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Ana M. Guillén is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain, and director of the PROMEBI research group, Promoting Work and Welfare in Europe. She acts as a consultant to the European Commission and the International Labour Organization. She is also a member of the Scientific Board of the Observatoire Social Européen (OSE, Brussels) and of the International Social Security Association.
Maria Petmesidou is Emeritus Professor at Democritus University, Greece. She served as Chair of the Sociology Department of Crete University as well as of the Department of Social Administration (renamed Social Policy Department) of Democritus University. For several years she was fellow/scientific committee member of CROP (Comparative Research on Poverty) sponsored by the International Social Science Council (UNESCO) and the University of Bergen.
We can listen back to Ana and Maria presenting their joint paper for the Social Justice Ireland's 34th Annual Social Policy Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights, "A Greener and more Social Pillar".
All the Papers and Videos from the Conference can be accessed HERE.
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
129. SJI Interviews Ep79: Dr. Michelle Maher and See Her Elected
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
The SHE Project is a collaboration between the Women’s Manifesto Project (a Longford Women’s Link programme) and 50:50 North West, organisations with strong links at grassroots level. A unique project, it is ‘ploughing new furrows’ in developing an innovative rural strategy to ensure women from our rural constituencies gain their rightful place on our councils and in Dáil Eireann.
In this week's episode, Colette Bennett chats with Dr. Michelle Maher on all things female participation, the role of women in local government and why she's so passionate about this project (and she really, really is!).
For more information on this brilliant initiative, go to www.seeherelected.ie
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
128. SJI Seminars Ep.30: Budget Choices 2023
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Budget 2023 should be guided by one core principle, that the measures adopted prioritise the protection of the most vulnerable groups in our society. To this end Budget 2023 should prioritise continued strategic investment in long-term infrastructure projects focused on social housing provision and achieving our committed climate change targets alongside targeted cost of living measures.
The fiscal context for Budget 2023 is one of the most difficult in some time due to an uncertain social and economic outlook. The Budget must respond to the current cost of living challenges but also recognise uncertainties regarding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and its legacy effects, geopolitical instability as a result of war in Ukraine, and an ongoing cost of living crisis through 2022 and 2023.
Regardless of fiscal uncertainty, Government must prioritise the protection of the most vulnerable in making its Budgetary decisions.
This episode is a listen back to our Budget Choices 2023 launch. To download the full policy briefing, or take a look at the video, go to our website https://www.socialjustice.ie/publication/budget-choices-2023-policy-briefing
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
127. SJI Interviews Ep 78: The National Economic Dialogue 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
The National Economic Dialogue 2022 took place in Dublin Castle on Monday, 20th June. Social Justice Ireland were in attendance, CEO, Seán Healy, Research and Policy Analyst, Michelle Murphy and Economic and Social Analyst, Colette Bennett. They chat with Research and Policy Analyst, Susanne Rogers about the background of the event, who participates, what happens on the day, our policy asks and the benefits of dialogue.
More information about this year's National Economic Dialogue can be found HERE.