Social Justice

Scoil Iognáid pupils – ethos in action

December 15, 2016

Pupils in Scoil Iognáid have been making the headlines on foot of their novel fundraising campaign to help the homeless

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Taking stock of the Paris Agreement

December 7, 2016

One year on from Paris Agreement on climate change, Environmental Justice Officer Catherine Devitt reviews progress to date

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Release prisoners: Fantasy or opportunity?

December 2, 2016

EOIN CARROLL :: Pope Francis is saying to the world, 'let people out of prison'. Is this fantasy or opportunity?

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The scandal of child soldiers

December 2, 2016

This December we await the coming of the Prince of Peace, yet wars rage around the world. Pope Francis asks us to pray that the scourge of child-soldiers may be...

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JRS criticises EU response to ‘conflict minerals’

November 29, 2016

The Jesuit Refugee Service has criticised a proposed new EU law on so-called 'conflict minerals' as “half-hearted”, with too many concessions and loopholes

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New Justice Education Co-ordinator

November 23, 2016

Krizan Vekic has taken up the position of Justice Education Co-odinator for the Irish Jesuit Education Desk

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Kevin Barry revisited

November 17, 2016

Former IRA bomber Shane Paul O'Doherty found echoes of Kevin Barry's life in his own, and wrote a play about the 'Belvedere Boy'

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Ignacio Ellacuría

November 9, 2016

Ignacio Ellacuría SJ is widely regarded as a brilliant contributor to the development in Catholic theology of the notion of the 'preferential option for the poor'.

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Trump – from dismay to discernment

November 9, 2016

Theologian Gerry O'Hanlon SJ was at first dismayed at the election of Donald Trump. His second response was to discern what it might really mean.

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Community alternatives, not imprisonment

November 9, 2016

A newly published report from the CSO on prison and probation recidivism shows necessity for systemic change to reduce re-offending, says Jesuit Centre

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