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The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty TD, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD and the Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton TD, today...

Sleep and Aging: Sleep Guide for Seniors Understand common sleep problems seniors face and how to treat them. There’s a common misconception that your sleep matters less as you age, but in fact, the inverse is true. No matter where you lie on the age...

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection will host a Training and Upskilling event in its Intreo Centre at Hanover Street, Cork city on Tuesday 30 April from 1.00pm to 4.00pm. The main focus of the event is to support for jobseekers...

Social Welfare Training has brought this to our attention.  Mixed Age Couples- Pension Credit Claims Cut Off Date From 15/5/2019, mixed-age couples will be excluded from entitlement to Pension Credit. At present, and until that date, mixed aged...

Food waste is a global issue with a wide variety of environmental, social and economic impacts.  New research today unveils that nearly three quarters of UK households are regularly throwing out food each week, with a staggering 40 per cent of t...

The latest research by leading flatshare platform, ideal flatmate, has looked at where is home to the least number of homes to support the local population across each London borough.   Using data from the London Datastore, ideal flatmate l...

Social Security Combined Trust Funds Gain One Year Says Board of Trustees   The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the long-term financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined asset reserves...

This is a shortened version of a very interesting article from the US.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described democratic socialist and former organizer for Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign, attracted national attention after her u...

Stephen Smith, 64 failed a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) work capability assessment in 2017, which meant that his employment support allowance (ESA) payments were stopped. He was told to sign on to receive a £67 a week jobseeker’s allowance,...

The level of wealth inequality in Australia is vastly underestimated by the public despite being a top priority for many, as new polling finds nearly three-quarters of Australians are unaware of the disparity in wealth distribution. Research commissi...