Eugene Quinn and David Moriarty Eugene Quinn is National Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland, a position he has held since 2006. He was Chair of the Limerick Integration Working Group 2010-22. He was a member of the McMahon Working Group on the Protection Process, which reported to Government in June 2015. From… Read more »
Unaddressed social issues are the bedrock upon which extremist actors have been able to incite racism and
violence against migrants.
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from
adversity, adapt to challenges, and recover
from setbacks. While Dublin City Council
workers cleaned up the streets after the
riots and restored the physical space, Home
Visitors were addressing the emotional and
mental trauma experienced by children and
families and supporting them to recover
from these awful events.
The popular idea of formal education and raising educational outcomes as a way out of disadvantage is not true.8 It is more challenging for disadvantaged children to engage in education and achieve curriculum outcomes compared to their better off peers. The hidden curriculum with its unwritten rules and expectations of the dominant culture, makes it more difficult for children from disadvantaged communities to thrive in school. Schools provide an advantage to those already advantaged by their cultural capital and established security as beneficiaries of the status quo.
Written by Professor Dr. Andreas Müller Professor Dr. Andreas Müller, LL.M. (Yale) holds the Chair of European Law, International Law and Human Rights at the University of Basel. His research focuses, amongst others, on international and European human rights law. The core dimensions of the right to a just wage The right to a… Read more »
Written by Céire Kealty Céire Kealty is a PhD candidate in Theology at Villanova University and freelance writer, exploring Christian spirituality, environmental ethics, and the global garment industry. Restless Distractions In his work Confessions, St. Augustine identifies a deep restlessness in every human heart. He insists that this restlessness finds its release in God;[1] advertisers… Read more »
Working Notes is a journal published by the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. The journal focuses on social, economic and theological analysis of Irish society. It has been produced since 1987.
