We are thrilled to announce our new website with a new domain – BasicIncome.ie Six years after our last refresh, we’ve given the site a new look and feel that reflects the ambitions of the Irish basic income movement, the growing awareness and support for basic income among voters, and Read more…
Basic Income Ireland are pleased to announce that we will be running a series of events across Ireland during Sept 2018. Please come along if there is an event near you. The events are free and you can listen to our proposals about basic income and take part in discussion. We Read more…
Basic Income Ireland invites you mark International Basic Income Week 2017 by joining us at our Annual Forum. When: Saturday, 16th September, 10am – 4pm Venue: Carmelite Community Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Theme: Work – What’s Basic Income Got To Do With It? The Forum will start with a short introduction to Basic Income, Read more…
“Universal Basic Income: Pennies from Heaven” by Paul O’Brien is now available from bookstores and online. Paul is a member of Basic Income Ireland, and the book develops themes that the group have been discussing for some years. The book is about a radical idea: the idea that each of Read more…
How does basic income help employed people? The issues: Basic income is relevant to the issues faced by employees in many different ways. This is a selection of the relevant issues employees face. Many employees have ‘precarious’ work – short contracts, temporary jobs, seasonal employment or fewer hours than they Read more…
How does basic income help with being unemployed? The issues: Under the current welfare system people can be forced into work that they find morally or socially unacceptable Under the current system, people can be worse off taking up paid work than remaining on benefits, due to unemployment and poverty Read more…
How does basic income support entrepreneurship and self-employment? The issues: Society benefits from entrepreneurship, yet budding entrepreneurs and people considering self employment face many challenges in making their venture a success. These challenges include: Accessing credit A high exposure to risk with the possibility of losing everything, becoming bankrupt and Read more…
How does basic income respond to the issues facing young people? The Issues: Young people find themselves under tremendous pressure from an early age to make life choices. Unless their families are well-off financially, they can be discouraged from exploring different career paths. Faced with the stark choice between full-time Read more…
How does basic income support caring? The issues: We all need care from others, particularly when we are young, ill or infirm We are all potential carers – as parents, children, spouses, and other relatives; as partners, friends, neighbours, and lovers; as workmates and professional care-givers…indeed, in all our social Read more…
How does basic income support farmers? The issues: Farming, as a business, takes many forms, including family farms, privately owned small-scale growing, membership-based Community Supported Farms (generally known as CSAs), worker-owned cooperatives, and large-scale farms owned by consortiums. Yet the trend in national and EU policy is to prioritise agribusiness Read more…