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Cuts threaten 5,000 jobs in community sector, says report
UP TO 5,000 jobs in the community and voluntary sector will be lost by the end of this year due to Government cuts, a report commissioned by trade union Impact has found.
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HEAP Report
TASC and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions published the Hierarchy of Earnings, Attributes and Privilege (H.E.A.P.) report on November 18th 2009. The report is designed to present the facts about income inequality in Ireland in an accessible form. The report - which was authored by NUIG academics Professor Terrence McDonough and Jason Loughrey.
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The report is availbe from TASC - http://www.tascnet.ie
A Better Ireland is Possible
A Better Ireland is Possible was published by the Community Platform in December 2008.
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Information on poverty
Information on poverty is mainly generated by the Central Statistics Agency through the EC Survey on Income and Living Conditions. For the latest figures (2008) please click here...