Ireland is at a pivotal moment and could build a fair, just society

Sean Healy says that broken societies are bad for business and we now have a real chance of building a society in which everyone can live with dignity and fulfil their potential.

ONE hundred years after the 1916 Rising, Ireland faces major choices that will shape its future for the decades ahead.

The dominant economic approaches and policies which have been favoured in recent decades in Ireland, the EU and beyond have failed to recognise the interdependent relationships between a vibrant economy, social cohesion, good governance and sustainability that must characterise any society if it is to thrive in the long run.