News & Events

• NESC at 50: NESC Presents to Housing Commission on action to address the housing emergency

  • 7 March 2023
  • Topic: Housing
  • Type: News

    The challenges in housing must be tackled in the context of the system. Ireland must change its system of urban development, land management and housing provision. The system is dysfunctional and a wide range of actions are required to fix it. This was a central message in the presentation by NESC to the Government’s…

• Council Report No.159 – Private Rental in Ireland

  • 15 February 2023
  • Topic: Housing
  • Type: Press Releases

  ‘Private Rental is a Public Concern’. The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) has published a new report on housing, Private Rental in Ireland.  The report highlights that the current housing crisis needs an increase in all types of housing.  While private rental needs to grow, it is contracting even as demand for it is…

• NESC at 50 – Date For Your Diary

  • 30 January 2023
  • Type: Events, News

  The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) is celebrating 50th years of providing advice to the Taoiseach and Government on strategic policy issues relating sustainable economic, social and environment development in Ireland. During this time, NESC has played a defining role in public policy making in Ireland through its deliberative processes.  In its early years,…

• NESC presents to ESB/IIEA Accelerate: The Transition to a Net Zero Future Conference

  • 18 October 2022
  • Topic: Sustainable development
  • Type: News

  Just transition as a framework is under development in Ireland and countries across the world – moving from principles to practice. This requires a bespoke collaborative and inclusive approach with appropriate governance and resources. This was a central message in the presentation by Dr Jeanne Moore, NESC Policy Analyst on Progressing a Just Transition Approach…

• NESC presents to Interdepartmental Group on Transport Orientated Development

  • 13 October 2022
  • Topic: Sustainable development, Transport
  • Type: News

  There is an opportunity to deliver a more sustainable form of urban and housing development in Ireland, but new supportive institutional and funding arrangements are required. This was a central message in the presentation by Dr Cathal FitzGerald, NESC Senior Analyst, to the Government’s Interdepartmental Transport Working Group on Monday, 10 October 2022. The Group…

• Shared Island: Shared Opportunity – Derry

  • 2 September 2022
  • Topic: Environment, Sustainable development
  • Type: Events

  The National Economic and Social Council (NESC), in association with the Department of the Taoiseach and co-hosted by The Playhouse, is holding an in-person event to discuss the findings of its Shared Island work.The event will discuss the findings of NESC’s Shared Island Report – Shared Island Shared Opportunity: NESC Comprehensive Report, which was launched…

• Policy Lessons From The Pandemic: New NESC Council Report

  • 29 June 2022
  • Type: Press Releases

  Learning from Covid-19: Pinpoint Vulnerability and Target Actions New research from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) reviews international experience, looks at examples of Ireland’s response to the pandemic, and identifies lessons from Covid-19 for public policy. The NESC report – The Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Irish Public Policy – is not a performance…

• Shared Island: Shared Opportunity – Cork

  • 27 June 2022
  • Topic: Environment, Sustainable development
  • Type: Events

    As part of its Shared Island work NESC held an in-person event, in association with the Department of the Taoiseach and co-hosted by University College Cork, in the Aula Maxima, University College Cork on Thursday 7th July from 10.00am to 12.45pm. The event was moderated by Dr Larry O’Connell, Director of NESC. Speakers from…

• Rescheduled Hybrid Launch Event | Shared Island: Shared Opportunity NESC Comprehensive Report

  • 12 April 2022
  • Topic: Social
  • Type: Events

    This rescheduled NESC Hybrid Event, in association with the Department of the Taoiseach, took place at the Conference Centre, Dublin Castle and online on the morning of  Tuesday, 12th April 2022, 9.45am–13.00pm.  Taoiseach Micheál Martin T.D. spoke at this event to discuss the findings of a NESC report to Government on the Shared Island,…

• Council Report No.157_Shared Island: Shared Opportunity NESC Comprehensive Report

  • 12 April 2022
  • Topic: Social
  • Type: Press Releases

  NESC report identifies opportunities for Shared Island co-operation Research examines key economic, environmental and social policy practices on the island A new report from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) highlights the very significant support, in practice, for an all-island approach to key economic, social, environmental, and well-being challenges facing the island of Ireland.…