Over a quarter of Irish people have multiple quality-of-life problems including income poverty, poor mental health, and poor housing.

Reduced hours or other flexible work arrangements could play a role in getting more people with disabilities into the workplace, research suggests.

The financial difficulties that some people experience in heating their homes is a reflection of overall poverty rather than the cost of fuel or energy efficiency, a study has shown.

Children in families that fell into poverty during the recession are still displaying social, emotional and behavioural problems years later, a report reveals.

A new report finds the recession has widened the effects of deprivation, away from being dominated by single-parent families.

A new report shows that children in families which have experienced poverty in the recession have suffered greater behavioural problems.

The cost of disability is €207 a week for the average disabled household, according to research launched today.

Just over a third of adults with a disability in Ireland are employed – less than half the rate of the rest of the population, a new report shows.

A new report from the ESRI shows that almost one quarter of the population is living in a jobless household.

ALMOST one in five young adults with a disability leave school with a primary education or less, a level six times that of the general population, according to an ESRI report launched yesterday by the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton.

Cormac O’Keeffe

ONE in four people in rented accommodation spend more than 33 % of their wages on rent.

One in four elderly people in Ireland live in houses with no central heating, according to a report published today by the Government’s Economic and Social Research Institute.