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Ciarán Nugent

3 months

My latest for the Examiner: 'though Irish adults whose fathers were in the low formal education bracket were most likely out of 13 countries to have a third level qualification, graduates in this group were least likely to be in high-end employment'

Ciarán Nugent: There are not enough jobs for Ireland's graduates

Recent research suggests the number of third level graduates has outpaced the creation of high-end employment in the Irish labour market

www.irishexaminer.com

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Ciarán Nugent

@ciarannugent

15 days

@IrishTimes '.....hard to handle, both on the job and in performance reviews, because they continue to complete their assigned workload to the same (often high) standard, giving their managers an uneasy feeling but nothing specific to complain about' I don't understand any of this

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2 years

No sick pay or annual leave. Supply your own car, pay your own tax and insurance.

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Supermacs forced to recruit from overseas to fill jobs

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1 year

At €11.30, a full-time (39 hours) minimum wage worker takes home €1,724 in 2023 The average rent in Ireland is now €1,688 (€36 left for for bills) A one-bed in Dublin 1 is €1,717 In Dublin West it's €1,333

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10 days

@philippilk Why on earth would you adjust for population? Worst tweet of all time.

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18 days

Top 5 concerns facing Irish people 47% cost of living (v 31% of EU) 44% housing (v 20% of EU) 23% Health 18% Economic situation and unemployment 13% Transport (immigration not top 5) We don't have open borders Not only is this stuff dangerous, it's not good politics.

Sinn Féin

@sinnfeinireland

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Sinn Féin opposes open borders and advocates for a fair, efficient, and enforced immigration system that respects the human rights of those fleeing conflict and persecution. This is why we have voted against much of the EU migration pact. @Donnchadhol

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@ciarannugent

4 months

In no other country in the entire EU have young people worked so hard to have such an erosion of living standards in the last 15 yrs as in Ireland The share of 25-29 yr olds with 3rd level ->42% in 2004 to 61% in 2021 The share stuck at home ->36-61% (highest growth in the EU)

Irish Times Opinion

@IrishTimesOpEd

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Opinion: A swathe of the population believes they live in a hellhole, but the evidence suggests otherwise via @IrishTimesOpEd

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5 months

Non Irish citizens make up 14.8% of the inactive working age population and 20.6% of the working population (they are more likely to be contributing to revenue through income taxes and less likely to be drawing down welfare supports than Irish citizens 15-64)

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@ciarannugent

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In no other country in the entire EU have young people worked so hard to have such an erosion of living standards in the last 15 yrs as in Ireland The share of 25-29 yr olds with 3rd level ->42% in 2004 to 61% in 2021 The share stuck at home ->36-61% (highest growth in the EU)

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11 months

The current Irish National Minimum Wage is €11.30. In 2019, it was €9.80. New figures out today show inflation (CPI) from Jan 2019 to May 2023 has been 18.5% The minimum wage is now worth 3.2% less in real terms than it was almost 4 and a half years ago

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10 days

There is no justification, theoretical or otherwise to divide this over population (Philip definitely can't justify it in a sentence that makes any sense) Almost twice as many Americans as Irish tweeted this stuff That's the lesson Clear as day and a child could understand it

Philip Pilkington

@philippilk

10 days

This is the sort of chart that leads you to fail a basic statistics class in college. Because Ireland is so small you need to adjust for relative population. Here is what that looks like. Bad data analysis spreads yet more paranoia and disinformation in Ireland. 🇮🇪

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The average 25-29 yr old earned 45k (median €39k) (estimate includes only active employments in Oct and those working 50 wks+ pa) The average house price in Dublin in 2023 was €478k in 2023 (median €410k) Prices in excess of 10 times earnings with 4 times the max mortgage

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The share of 25-34 yr old's living with parents increased more in Ireland (11 pp's) than any other EU country since the bottom of the great recession (now over 1 in 3) The EU average hardly moved (0.7 pp's) Ireland also had the highest GDP growth rate in the EU over this period

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Living standards in Germany are almost 50% higher than in Ireland (actual individual consumption). I'm in Germany at least twice a year and can tell you categorically that they are not jealous of us (if we even register) I am regularly jealous of them actually

Irish Independent

@Independent_ie

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‘German criticism of Irish housing crisis comes from jealousy of our economy,’ says economist John FitzGerald

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4 months

Other than Greece, workers in Ireland saw the least improvement in real household incomes (controlled by purchasing power standard) in Europe over 15 years between 2007 and 2022, despite record employment (just 4.2%) In Portugal=22% Italy= 22% Spain=31%

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@ciarannugent

10 days

Our democracy is under attack from foreign influences Not refugees, or immigrants Not Russia. Not the CCP A bunch of Americans .......and Tommy Robinson!

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Our political discourse and democracy are being manipulated.

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1 year

In no other country in the entire EU have young people worked so hard to have such an erosion of living standards in the last 15 yrs as in Ireland The share of 25-29 yr olds with 3rd level ->42% in 2004 to 61% in 2021 The share stuck at home ->36-61% (highest growth in the EU)

Conor Lally

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1 year

Exactly the same age I was when I took off myself for few years - I had a fantastic time. The days of people tearfully emigrating are gone - most people, especially the young, are doing it for adventure, to broaden their horizons. They've always done it; boom or bust, always

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4 months

@davidmcw The official figures do not support this at all. Most groups of public sector workers are down on average over the last 10 to 15 years in real terms both on an hourly and weekly basis.

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New data for 2022 shows Ireland maintaining it's outlier status as the most unequal country in the EU by market income. Ireland's top 20% have 15.5 times the bottom 20% (with record employment). Next is Lithuania where it's 12.3 It's 5.3 in Poland

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1 year

The current Irish National Minimum Wage is €11.30. In 2019, it was €9.80. New figures out today show inflation (CPI) from Jan 2019 to April 2023 has been 18.1% The minimum wage is now worth 2.8% less in real terms than it was 4 years ago

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12 days

@RTEUpfront Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't recall ever seeing anybody on the left of the spectrum given an opportunity like that on national television to describe any encounter they had with gardaí at a protest where they felt a heavy hand was used. Ever.

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2 years

@SeanDefoe @aoifegracemoore Highly irregular and troubling intervention by the Taoiseach.

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@ciarannugent

7 months

This is why Ireland’s neutrality is so important

Ursula von der Leyen

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I unequivocally condemn the attack carried out by Hamas terrorists against Israel. It is terrorism in its most despicable form. Israel has the right to defend itself against such heinous attacks.

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Irish 25-34 yr olds (this group are most likely to have a third level education in Europe) are more than 3 times as likely to live with their parents than Germans in the same age bracket 44% vs 13%

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@ciarannugent

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@philippilk @NERI_research Oh I do, and if I do decide to use them, I justify why I do in a sentence Clown

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@ciarannugent

4 years

A minimum wage worker (€10.10 an hour) would have to work 30 hours a week just to cover the rent of a 3x4 meter room in a co-living development. Madness.

'Either you think it's acceptable for someone to pay €1300 to live in a shoebox or you don't' -...

News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters

www.irishexaminer.com

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1 year

@caulmick That's the best 2 minutes of Irish TV I've seen in years. Hilarious

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@philippilk Ok clown, in a sentence 'we should divide over population in this instance because really the substantive point reflected in this data is.........'

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2 years

In Ireland, you are 9 times more likely to be in material deprivation (unable to cover the basics) if you rent than if you own Since 2014, the national deprivation rate has halved, while it's stayed steady for renters (1 in 4) (despite v strong growth in wages and in employment)

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@ciarannugent

15 days

Real average wages are lower than they were 15 years ago.

The Irish Times

@IrishTimes

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Olive Keogh: Quiet quitters are hard to handle because they continue to complete their assigned workload to the same (often high) standard, giving their managers an uneasy feeling but nothing specific to complain about.

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...due to the fact that the share of income going to the top in Ireland is by far the highest in the EU. The top 20% in Ireland receive 15.48 times the market income of the bottom 20% The EU average is 9.48% It's over three times the relative share in Slovakia (4.56%)

Shane Caher

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10 months

Some astounding stats from the Irish tax system: the top 20% of earners pay 79% of all income tax and USC. The top 1% pay 23%. The bottom 80% of earners pay 21%. 37% of income earners are exempt from paying any income tax at all.

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@VirginMediaNews @VirginMedia_TV Deeply unserious approach to a very serious issue having that deeply unserious restaurateur 'just asking stupid questions' on Migrants are more likely to be working An overwhelming majority of new arrivals are working and are in key sectors (IT and Health in particular)

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1 year

The top 10% in Ireland have by far the highest share of net wealth of any high-income EU member at 66%. Next is Austria at 61.9%. In the Netherlands it's 47.9%.

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2 years

I wonder how you put your washing machine on at night in this one.......and €1,450 a month (138 hours working at the minimum wage) for the pleasure!

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In 2021, the population of the 18-34 group was approx 1.05 mill in Ireland 62% still lived at home (650,000) Of those, 36.5% work full-time (237k) Employment for this group (*20-34) is 680k, 81% full-time (550k) Over 40% of Irish full-time workers u35 live with their parents

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The top 10% in 🇮🇪 have by far the highest % of net wealth of any high-income EU country At 66%, the wealthiest hold almost 5 ppt's more of national wealth than the next most unequal (🇦🇹=62%), significantly above average (57%) and almost 20ppt's more than the most equal (🇳🇱=48%)

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2 years

Ireland maintains it's outlier status (2021) with the most unequal distribution of market income in Europe (though many are yet to report) The share of the top 20% is 16 times the bottom 20%'s share In Czechia the ratio is just over 5! We don't need a tax cut for high earners.

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7 days

Actual poll result: Housing by far still the biggest issue

NewstalkFM

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Poll: Public concern for immigration skyrockets

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2 months

The share of adult children stuck living with their parents in Ireland has increased more than in any other European country over the past decade Despite also having the strongest growth and employment growth in Europe the share of 25-29 yr olds at home increased from 36 to 61%

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2 years

Shout out to my big bro Dalan who would have turned 46 today. He was my godfather (despite not being baptised himself!), had a lot flung at him at a young age, played a blinder and helped raise me and my sister Died in stage 5 lockdown on Mayday 2020 Happy birthday man My hero.

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@philippilk @NERI_research these days Philip, it's all a bit sociology, a bit economics, a bit Political Economy I also spent a year on a PhD program in Political Science and have a BA in International Politics but nice deflection from the fact that you're a clown

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5 months

Is it new for Ireland to abstain on UN resolutions for Israel to respect 1967 borders? US and UK voted against, France abstained Russia, China voted with the rest of the world.

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1 year

Average Irish living standards are closer to Poland than Italy (who rank higher than us) AIC incorporates the consumption of services from non-profits/governments and 'may be more useful for comparing the relative welfare of consumers' across countries

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4 years

14,800 reports of suspected social welfare fraud were received and dealt with in 2018. Only 177 cases brought forward (0.01%). 500 million saving turns out to be 300,000 (<0.01%)... but still, we're hearing that they're all still at it!

Only €300,000 recouped since 'welfare cheat' ads campaign was launched

An infamous campaign targeting 'Welfare Cheats' - spearheaded by Leo Varadkar - has yielded just €300,000 in repayments so far.

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3 years

According to Eurostat data, Ireland has BY FAR the highest market income inequality in Europe. The share of the top 20% relative to the bottom 20% is twice as high as in Germany (16.6 times v 8.28). About 33% higher than the next most unequal (Romania 12.73)

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2 years

Exceptional!

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Data out today: 44% of adults under 30 feel worse off financially than their parents Cost of living issues dominate (Housing) Just 46% happy with their pay 1 in 3 rarely or never optimistic about the future Half have a low level of mental well being

The Irish Times

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Stephen Collins: Ireland has never been more prosperous or had better public services. Yet a large swathe of the population has been prepared to buy into the notion that they actually live in some sort of hellhole. via @irishtimesoped

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@philippilk @NERI_research Yeah, what's weird is you pretending to have some authority in basic statistics when you make one of the most clownish arguments I've ever seen of anyone who deals in numbers in social science And you can't answer the simple question that would be asked of a final yr BA student

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3 years

@janky_jane In 1996 I wore my Chicago Bull's cap sideways to a céilí in Irish college. Everyone slagged me till I cried. 'F***in Jazzy Jeff over here!' I never wore that hat again.

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6 months

The minimum wage in 2023 is €11.30 The new daft report shows that renting a double room in Dublin ranges from €853 on average in the City Centre (75 hours work at MW) to €777 (68 hours) in Dublin West In Cork city it's €709 (63 hours) In Limerick it's €671 (59 hours)

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5 months

@griptmedia 'Nevertheless, and arguably as a result, it came to be that the state was compelled, finally, to grant subsidiary protection, and leave to remain. The suspect later became a naturalised Irish citizen.' Explain the word 'compelled' here.

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Less than half the number of 30-34 year olds owned a house in 2022 compared to 2011 (89,000-39,000) It's dropped by two thirds for 25-29 year olds from 33,000 to 11,000 in 11 years (of non stop growth btw) Rarely mentioned in the 'no housing-crisis' narrative

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1 year

🇮🇪 has the 2nd lowest share of u30's living independently in the OECD + one of the highest shares living with parents Eurostat data also shows the share of 25-34 yr old's living with parents doubled since 2012 to 41%, while the 🇪🇺 average has not changed

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1 year

Look at this apartment development in Amsterdam...... We are nowhere near this.

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8 months

Horseshoe theory is just a tool to distract from the fact that the centre-right who've dominated European politics for decades are closer to and aligned with the far right more than any other group and use them to keep power in coalition governments all across the continent

Irish Independent

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Fionnán Sheahan: ‘Hard-left thugs good, far-right thugs bad’ logic fails to call out mob rule

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@SarahAMcInerney 'Self important' and 'spreading libel' 'THE FIRST thing is that we Israelis have nothing to apologize for. Palestinians are getting killed because they started a war and the Israelis are fighting back. ' Not Hamas? Jpost is a rag and is likely complicit in genocide. We banned RT!

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2 years

In no other country in the entire EU has temporary employment increased by as much for under 30's as in Ireland over the past two decades or so. It's tripled! 8.4 to 23.8 percent.

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There are twice the share of 25-34 yr olds stuck at home as there were in 2014, now 42% (10 times the share in 🇩🇰) (81% of 16-29's) ->highest level since we started counting in 2003 Some other countries have improved in that time

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There is a mismatch between what Irish people believe is happening and what is actually going on -

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1) as far as I can see, no such constitutional boundary exists 2) in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Irish government have on umpteen occasions undermined Irish neutrality (actually set out on the constitution) with the full support of the same voices Go figure

John O’Brennan

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Irrespective of what one thinks of Ursula von der Leyden’s actions/statements in the Middle East, once again President Higgins has strayed far beyond his constitutional boundaries. Is this what it is going to be like for the remainder of his term?

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5 months

How's this holding up?

John McGuirk

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If @griptmedia made the kind of elementary, factual mistakes about a story that "mainstream" Irish outlets have made about the Gaza incident in the last 12 hours, we'd be crucified. Rightly, I might add. Irish media, which demands accountability from others, has none of its own.

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New data collected February on Top 5 concerns facing Irish people (and Europeans) 47% said cost of living (v 31% of the EU) 44% housing (v 20% of the EU) 23% Health 18% Economic situation and unemployment 13% Transport (immigration not top 5 in 🇮🇪 or🇪🇺)

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@timmydooley Or just tell them not to pursue burglars down a motorway in the wrong direction because it's not worth the risk to the public?

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@IrishTimes Asked if they support Ireland’s “current model of military neutrality”, which the Government defines as remaining outside military alliances, 61 per cent said yes. What's with the headline?

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Rent inflation was twice wage growth during Leo Varadkar's tenure Average nationwide rent in June 2017 (when Leo Varadkar became Taoiseach) was €1,159 Average rent now at €1,823.......up 57.3% The minimum wage increased by 32% over the same period Average earnings by 27.6%

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Interesting figures from the CSO today: Since the turn of the century, income from rent (across Ireland as a whole) has increased by 248% to €12.5 billion (nominal terms) Disposable income per capita has grown by less than a third of rental income over the same period (74.9%)

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Thanks to all the barely educated morons who responded below (exceptions: You know who you are). Most of whom amply demonstrate why Charles Darwin May well have been wrong. I’d say ‘read some books’ but that is clearly beyond most of you.

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“That’s been our theory of the case throughout — the only way this war ends ultimately is through negotiation,” No it hasn't. This was heretical for 2 yrs with anyone saying it rounded on, bullied and branded Putin puppets by flag waving, war mongers feigning concern for Ukraine

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Incredible, the Biden administration now says that Ukraine will have to sacrifice territory and “that’s been our theory of the case throughout”: It's certainly not the theory of the case they told the Western public throughout... And this BEGS the…

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@NewstalkFM The latest data from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions showed that the Irish population in severe material deprivation increased from about 8% to 12% (or from 1 in 12 to 1 in 8) in a year in 2022. This was before the current unprecedented inflation really kicked in

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What groups can't afford the basics in Ireland? Workers (12.7%) now more likely than retirees (12%) 19% of women 43% of single parents 44% of disabled 35.6% of renters Education a very strong indicator with degree and above half as likely (8%) as 3rd level non degree (17%)

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Did you ever notice that the people who want to have the adult conversation on defence don't answer follow up questions? Who are we planning on invading outside of the constraints of international law? Who might we have invaded in the past, that a veto stopped us from invading?

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In 2011, almost a quarter of Irish 18-24 year old's lived independently, above the EU average (by about 5pp's) In 2020, it's 1 in 12, the biggest decline in the EU in that time. 92% live with their parents. Across the EU this number remained steady. #CostOfLivingCrisis

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@EurovisionNewZ Boycott

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Rents up 12%, house prices up 6.1%, average earnings up 1.8% in the past year Likeliness of homeownership through hard work declines again in 2023

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@Zemyla @IrishTimes It's indicative of a classim that we pretend doesn't exist......and that we're surrounded by a load of would-be Hitlers!

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Of the 42% of Irish 25-34 year old's who live at home (the second highest of any high-income EU country and almost double the share in 2012 while the EU average has remained unchanged at 30%), 61% work full-time and another 5.4% work part-time

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I just got blocked (never been blocked before, feels weird) by Brigid Laffan on a tread about censorship!....and the need for us all to 'grow up' to be more like her (into spending scarce resources on military equipment and sending working class kids to fight imperialist wars)

Mick Caul

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#Neutrality under threat - in the middle of a crisis where we should be using all our effort to help the Ukrainian people, we are being deflected by powerful voices that demonise people who dare to speak out - @catherinegalway #LQs #Dail 🎞️

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@thejournal_ie @noteworthy_ie 3 months rent? Not exactly incentivising against this kind of illegal behaviour

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11 months

'We're a country that don't think that much' Brigid Laffan on rte

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3 years

@BillEdgarnews Where's his bone saw?

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A story in 2 pictures @markhumphrys

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@irishexaminer It's not the role of the Gardaí to write legislation or policy.

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3 years

The gap in hourly wage rates between the top and the bottom is higher in Ireland than in any other high income EU country by some margin and among the highest in the entire bloc. 10% of all full-time workers earned less than €10.92 in 2018 (Living wage= €11.90). 1/2

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@ciarannugent

11 months

@ActingTheGom THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO! And never have.

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@ciarannugent

2 years

@darrenkeo Has anyone partaking in a left-wing protest ever acted so menacingly to you as you're out doing your job? There was plenty of space on that path. Worrying times.

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@ciarannugent

1 year

'Documents obtained reveal how successive senior government leaders from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Labour and the Progressive Democrats acted in unison to thwart repayments worth billions to those wrongly charged.'

Cianan Brennan

@ciananbrennan

1 year

This is utterly horrendous and mind blowing, a must read. Govt ministers have a tough job but how you could sign up to something this horrifically cynical in good conscience... And everyone did it, including the C&AG!

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82% of third level grads u35 in full time work in Ireland earn less than €40,000 a year. 17% less than 20k. Average house price is now €310,000, 8 times the salary of the worker at the 82nd percentile of this group (this person earns more than 82% of workers in this group)

The Irish Times

@IrishTimes

1 year

Almost 60 per cent of 18-29-year-olds in Ireland would consider emigrating to lower their cost of living

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@ciarannugent

7 months

@JohnOBrennan2 @EidinNiShe You're not framing it as 'appropriate'. You've said he's strayed beyond boundaries that are constitutionally defined. Can you point us to the article that sets out that boundary? As far as I can see none exists and it's completely made up by people who don't like the President

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Ciarán Nugent

@ciarannugent

5 months

@JohnOBrennan2 Far right? Calling out Western violence is far right now. Ludicrous

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@ciarannugent

5 months

@HotSpotHotSpot This is the kind of mature democratic culture perfect for EU membership

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@ciarannugent

10 days

Can we also condemn disproportionate use of force on Students peacefully protesting genocide in the US? (Germany too)

Irish Foreign Ministry

@dfatirl

11 days

Ireland condemns the disproportionate use of force against peaceful protestors demonstrating against the transparency of foreign influence law in Tbilisi. We urge Georgia to live up to core EU values and norms and respect the freedom of expression.

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2 months

The minimum wage went up by about 2% pa in real terms under his leadership (32% nominal terms, 19% inflation over 5-6 yrs) 1 in 8 workers (300+k) now in enforced deprivation (1 in 12 'severely') Number of workers on HAP steadily increased as have those stuck with their parents

John Burns

@JohnBurns43

2 months

A Tory boy? No one seriously believes Varadkar was ‘right wing’ any more

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Ciarán Nugent

@ciarannugent

2 years

In a month, Robert Watt will earn more than a third of Irish workers earn in a year!

Daniel McConnell

@McConnellDaniel

2 years

Robert Watt confirms he is no longer waiving the €81,000 pay increase which means he is in full receipt of his €294,920 a year or €24,576 a month salary

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@ciarannugent

6 months

@samhusseini So incredibly dark and revealing.

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@ciarannugent

2 years

If an employer is having trouble recruiting, the prescription is as it has always been. Pay your workers.

Ciarán Nugent: Employers struggling to recruit will have to offer better pay and conditions

Poor rates of pay and precarious terms of employment are key causes of the difficulties some employers have attracting staff

www.irishexaminer.com

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The threshold for the top 1% of earners in Ireland is approximately €200,000 =€326,000 likely in the top 0.5% This is 7.3 times average earnings (€856 a week or €44k a year) ....and almost 10 times median earnings (€671 a week or €35k a year)

Irish Independent

@Independent_ie

1 month

Highest-earning civil servant Robert Watt to receive seven pay increases, taking salary up to €326,000

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@ciarannugent

1 year

The crisis of housing deprivation continues in 🇮🇪 for younger adults despite record employment The % of 25-34yr olds living at home ⬆️ 43.8% (vs 19.4% in 2013 & 46% in 🇪🇸) Of countries reporting (17)- the biggest increase in 2022 - 68.3% of these work full-time (37.7% in 2013)

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@ciarannugent

6 months

Ireland has the 5th highest share of low wage earners under 30 n the EU at 34% 3 times the share in Finland and Sweden 5 times the share in Portugal

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Ciarán Nugent

@ciarannugent

2 years

Even after-tax Ireland has the 3rd highest income inequality in the EU in 2021 (17 reporting) In terms of the state doing the 'heavy lifting' to tackle the highest market income inequality in the EU, the data suggests that it's transfers (not income tax) doing most of that work

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Ciarán Nugent

@ciarannugent

22 days

Is this on purpose? Molesworth Street was like a concert! Easily 10,000.....maybe 20

RTÉ News

@rtenews

22 days

More than 1,000 protesters have taken part in a pro-Palestine march in Dublin city centre

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@ciarannugent

2 years

There is no reason to present rental affordability as anything other than wages over rent Here's a breakdown of median earnings for 25-29 and 30-39 year old cohorts over rental costs for one-beds across the country. Affordability worse across the board (obviously)

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@ciarannugent

2 years

After-tax market income was more unequally distributed in 2021 in Ireland than any other EU country (17 reporting so far) The share going to the top 20% was 11.5 times that of the bottom 20% ....higher than Bulgaria (10.2 times), Romania (9.4 times) and Greece (7.9 times).

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