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On the whole the papers presented to the Society have been concerned with practical problems, such as crime, poverty and economic progress, and by a common concern with the condition of Ireland. The current president of SSISI is Frances P. Ruane , who is only the second female president in the Society's history.
The Social Progress Index (SPI) measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations.
Ireland had also become a base for US technology multinationals. By 2014 (see table), Apple's Irish ASI subsidiary was handling €34bn annually of untaxed profits (20% of Ireland's 2014 GNI*). The EU forced Ireland to close the "double Irish", [182] but it was replaced (Apple's "capital allowances" and Microsoft's "single malt"). [183] [184]
Former UTV political editor Ken Reid and Stephen Grimason, a former BBC Northern Ireland political editor, were honoured for services to journalism. Progress can only be made in N Ireland by ...
The institute was founded in 1960 by a group of senior academics and public servants, led by T. K. Whitaker, Secretary of the Department of Finance.While conducting an economic study of Ireland, Whitaker became aware of the necessity for an independent research organisation to conduct analysis of data using up-to-date quantitative techniques in order to make the data useful for public policy ...
The generation born just after the Good Friday Agreement was signed 25 years ago are considered the embodiment of hope for the region's post-conflict future.
Ireland ranks fifth in the world in terms of gender equality. [268] In 2011, Ireland was ranked the most charitable country in Europe, and second most charitable in the world. [269] Contraception was controlled in Ireland until 1979, however, the receding influence of the Catholic Church has led to an increasingly secularised society. [270]
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, Ireland experienced a major population boom as a result of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. In the 50-year period 1790–1840, the population of the island doubled from 4 million to 8 million. At its peak, Ireland's population density was similar to that of England and continental Europe.