Basic Income Ireland, a national body for the promotion of a Universal and Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) in Ireland, issues the following comment on the proposal for a Basic Income Guarantee contained in the recent Pathways to Work 2021-2025 document Read more…
On 17 June we hosted a webinar with Guy Standing, co-founder of BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) and formerly with ILO (International Labour Organisation); Tom McDonnell, Economist with NERI (The Nevin Economic Research Institute); and Michael Taft, Researcher for SIPTU Read more…
Basic Income Ireland Forum 2020 will hear from leading experts on how Basic Income can be piloted in Ireland International leaders in the design and implementation of Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilots will address the Basic Income Ireland Forum 2020 Read more…
On 25 September 2020, a coalition of Universal Basic Income activist groups across Europe launched a petition to the Europe Commission, calling for the introduction of UBI schemes throughout the European Union. This petition kicks off a formal mechanism called Read more…
For immediate release: Press Release / Preasráiteas – June 15 Meitheamh 2020 Basic Income Ireland, the national body for the promotion of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in Ireland, has welcomed the commitment by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Read more…
A friend of Basic Income Ireland shares their experience, in response to the #MeAt20 trend on social media. ‘Me at 20’ is one of main the reasons I actively campaign for the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in Read more…
Covid-19 has caused a worldwide crisis in public health, economy and society, as well as for individuals and households. It requires new, imaginative government measures along with citizen action and participation. We need to find new ways of thinking about Read more…
For immediate release: Press Release / Preasráiteas – March 24 Márta 2020 Basic Income Ireland calls for a Universal Basic Income to promote inclusion, equality and solidarity in this time of emergency Basic Income Ireland today called on the Government Read more…
We invite voters in the upcoming 2020 Irish Elections to contact your local candidates who support basic income. The following is a summary of pro-basic income parties and candidates as well as links to their manifestos, policy proposals and contact Read more…
Basic Income Ireland has responded to question 24 of the Irish Government’s public consultation, which asks: “What are the most important issues for the Government to consider in developing a long term strategy to 2050 in order to ensure a Read more…
