A better Ireland is Possible (2009)

It’s aim is to be a resource for Community Platform (CP) members to reflect on and engage critically with the present Irish policy and political environment. The paper is simply a resource to stimulate discussion. It has not been adopted by the Community Platform and is not a Community Platform position paper.

The paper has two core aims: critical engagement with the present Irish models of development; and constructive visioning about alternative models of development.

Conference report ‘Action for Social Change’ December 2015.

This conference was organised by the Community Platform as a

Four Tests for the New Government

Test 1: Will the Government redistribute income towards the poorest 20% of the population?

Test 2: Will the Government strengthen access to quality employment?

Future Perspectives of the Community Platform

The Community Platform, on 14th July 2015, launched ‘A Future Perspective of the Community Platform’. It draws on data available to show the devastation caused by austerity policies and

Now you see us

Today a new report by a network of 30 leading Irish national organisations working against poverty and inequality h

Paying our way: Proposals for a progressive tax system

Ireland has the fourth lowest tax take as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product in the European Union. As a society we have come