Ireland’s rich benefited most from government policy over last 30 years

IRELAND’S richest people benefited most in the last three decades thanks to the policies of successive governments which boosted the incomes of the wealthiest, new research claims.

An assessment by a leading pressure group supporting the marginalised in our society claims that policies since the 1980s have increased the income of the richest 10% of households and widened the gap between these and the rest of society.

Social Justice Ireland (SJI) is calling on political parties competing in the forthcoming General Election to indicate how they intend reversing the support for the salaries of the richest in the years ahead.