An independent think-tank has today urging the Government to show evidence that it has 'poverty proofed' next month's Budget.

A GROUP working to address the country’s economic inequalities says the Government could save €2 billion a year by restructuring its “IOUs” for Anglo Irish Bank.

A new report from Think Tank for Action on Social Change (TASC) has claimed that people who live in a deprived area or work in an unskilled job are more likely to be sick and to die at a younger age.

A GROUP working to address Ireland’s economic inequalities has expressed concern that the restored national minimum wage will be the new pay floor for low-income workers.

BARRIERS being put in the way of freedom of information (FoI) requests are part of a culture of state secrecy that is damaging the country’s democracy and economic development, according to independent think-tank Tasc.