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Editorial Women in Prison: The Corston Report What Does God Think of Irish Prisons? Crime and Punishment: A Christian Perspective Building Sustainable Communities – The Role of Housing Policy

Working Notes: Apr 2008
Editorial Hospital or Prison? What Future for the Central Mental Hospital? Is there a Need for the Women's Prison to Move from Mountjoy to Thornton Hall? Ireland's Women's Prisons The Ripple Effects of Imprisonment on Prisoner's Families Gardai and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture Reports

Working Notes: Nov 2007
Pedro Arrupe: Inspirational Jesuit Leader Lessons for Ireland from Michael Moore’s film SICKO What is Development? Promoting the Good of Every Person Homes not Hostels: Rethinking Homeless Policy How Much Equality is Needed for Justice? Thornton Hall Prison: Solution or Problem?

Working Notes Archive

1987-2007

This index contains a full listing of all Working Notes articles spanning twenty years. Most articles can be viewed online, and all can be downloaded in PDF format. If you have trouble downloading issues, please contact the Centre.

Archive 2003-2008

ISSUE	DATE	ARTICLES	AUTHORS	PDF
59	November, 2008	Justice in Recession: Statement on the Current Economic Situation	Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
		The Immigration, Residency and Protection Bill 2008: Well-Founded Fears?	Eugene Quinn
		Hidden Children: the Story of State Care for Separated Children	Maria Corbett
		Temporary Agency Work: Labour Leasing or Temping?	Brendan MacPartlin SJ
		Is Expansion of Prison Places for Women Needed? An Analysis of Statistics, 2003-2006	Daragh McGreal & Tony O'Riordan SJ
58	July, 2008	Women in Prison: The Corston Report	Baroness Jean Corston
		What Does God Think of Irish Prisons?	Brian Grogan SJ
		Crime and Punishment: A Christian Perspective	Gerry O'Hanlon SJ
		Building Sustainable Communities – The Role of Housing Policy	Peter McVerry SJ
57	April, 2008	Hospital or Prison? What Future for the Central Mental Hospital?	Central Mental Hospital Carers Group
		Is there a Need for the Women's Prison to Move from Mountjoy to Thornton Hall?	Eoin Carroll
		Ireland's Women's Prisons	Christina Quinlan
		The Ripple Effects of Imprisonment on Prisoner's Families	Jessica Breen
		Gardai and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture Reports	Peter McVerry SJ
56	November, 2007	Pedro Arrupe: Inspirational Jesuit Leader	Cathy Molloy
		Lessons for Ireland from Michael Moore’s film SICKO	Margaret Burns
		What is Development? Promoting the Good of Every Person	Peter Henriot, SJ
		Homes not Hostels: Rethinking Homeless Policy	Peter McVerr, SJ and Eoin Carroll
		How Much Equality is Needed for Justice?	Gerry O'Hanlon, SJ
		Thornton Hall Prison: Solution or Problem?	Tony O'Riordan, SJ
55	May, 2007	Voting in Pursuit of Justice
		Poverty and Inequality
		Housing and Homelessness
		Health
		Education and Disadvantage
		Migration
		Crime and Prisons
		Alcohol and Drugs
		Climate Change
		Development
54	February, 2007	Ireland’s Asylum System – Still a Shambles?	Peter O'Mahony
		Asking the Right Questions: Christians, Muslims, Citizens in Ireland	Gerry O'Hanlon SJ
		Trafficking and the Irish Sex Industry	Cathy Molloy
		Integration: A Challenge in Principle, in Policy and in Practice	Eugene Quinn
53	October, 2006	Rehabilitation - Are We for Real?	Peter McVerry, SJ
		Alternatives to Custody in Ireland	Dr. Mairead Seymour
		An Award Ceremony For Successful Criminals?	Tony O'Riordan, SJ
52	April, 2006	Mental Illness in Irish Prisons: A Right to the Best Available Health	Eugene Quinn
		Still Waiting for Housing	Peter McVerry, SJ
		Doing Business and Doing Good: The Role of Business Ethics	Seamus Murphy, SJ

51	December, 2005	Jesuit Refugee Service: The Challenge 25 Years On	John Dardis, SJ
		To Detain or Not To Detain?	Eugene Quinn and Renaud De Villaine
		Deportation	Joan Roddy DMJ
		A Challenge to Solidarity	Cathy Molloy

50	June, 2005	Housing the New Ireland: Comment on the NESC Report	Margaret Burns
		Planning for People: Observations on NESC Chapter 5, 'Sustainable Neighbourhoods and Integrated Development'	Michael J. Bannon
		Home: Dream or Possibility? Challenges for the Homeless Services	Peter McVerry, SJ
		Aspects of Catholic Social Teaching on Housing	Cathy Molloy

49	November, 2004	Morris Tribunal Report and the Garda Siochana Bill 2004	Peter McVerry, SJ
		Including Older People in Irish Society	Paul Murray
		Connecting Debt and Trade from a Development Prospective	Peter Henriot, SJ
		Getting to Grips with Ireland's Alcohol Problems	Margaret Burns

48	June, 2004	Private Property and the Constitution	Seamus Murphy, SJ
		Housing : A Growing Trend towards Inequality	Margaret Burns
		A Green Light for a New Agenda on Housing and Planning	Jerome Connolly

47	December, 2003	Budget 2004 – Small Change for the Poor	Robin Hanan
		Economics and Justice	Eithne Fitzgerald
		Integrating Perspectives on Christmas	Nadette Foley, Zhyan Sharif, Egide Dhala
		And so this is Christmas...?	Cathy Molloy

46	September, 2003	Keeping the Scales of Justice Balanced	Peter McVerry, SJ
		The Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: A Tentative First Step	Seamus Murphy, SJ
		A European Exchange: People in Poverty - Partners in Europe	Stuart Williams

45	April, 2003	The War in Iraq - Is it still worth working for peace?	Eugene Quinn, Seamus O'Gorman SJ
		Sustaining Work, Prosperity and Fairness	Brendan MacPartlin SJ
		Juvenile Justice, Child Care and the Children Act, 2001	Raymond Dooley and Maria Corbett
		Issues of Justice, Leadership and Authority in the Church	Cathy Molloy

Archive 1998-2002

ISSUE	DATE	ARTICLES	AUTHORS	PDF
44	November, 2002	Integration: What's Done? A Lot More to Do	Eugene Quinn
		A Rising Tide - but no boats to lift	Peter McVerry, SJ
		The Contradiction of Justice	Brian Lennon, SJ
		Politics, Corruption & Europe	Edmond Grace, SJ

43	June, 2002	Juvenile Crime Re-visited	Peter McVerry, SJ
		A Vision for Ireland: A Question Of Tax?	Eugene Quinn
		The Leaving Cert. and Good Outcomes: Hard Work, Good Luck or What?	Cathy Molloy
		Steps Towards Justice in Relation to Clerical Child Sexual Abuse	Seamus O'Gorman, SJ

42	April, 2002	Falling between two pillars: The prospect for pensioners in Ireland?	Eugene Quinn
		Social Justice And Christian Faith	Seamus Murphy, SJ
		Does Your Vote Matter	Seamus O'Gorman, SJ

41	December, 2001	Poverty and Inequality	Tom Giblin, SJ
		The 'Good News' - A More Just Health System	Seamus O'Gorman, SJ
		What future for Community Employment - as it is abolished in schools?	Tom Giblin, SJ

40	June, 2001	An Ethic for the Third Millennium	Bill Toner, SJ
		Ethics, Compassion and Self-Deceit	Peter McVerry, SJ
		Whose Business is Business?	Seamus O'Gorman, SJ

39	February, 2001	The Crisis In Parenting	Bill Toner, SJ
		Parenting Adolescents	Marie Murray
		Turning Around the Negative Cycle in Families	Paul Andrews, SJ

38	November, 2000	Dying on the Streets	Bill Toner, SJ
		Retired Self-Employed: The Group that Doesn't Matter	Mary Purcell and Bill Toner, SJ
		The Commission on the Private Rented Sector- A Reaction	Seamus Murphy, SJ

37	May, 2000	Community Development in the Age of the Celtic Tiger	Bill Toner, SJ
		Must The Poor Always Be With Us	Tom Giblin, SJ
		Doing Cultural Analysis	Bill Toner, SJ

36	December, 1999	Cherishing Our Old People	Bill Toner, SJ
		Training Bottlenecks Hitting Skilled Trades	Bill Toner, SJ
		Immigration: More Than Just Numbers	Tony O'Riordan, SJ
		The North: Fair Play Needed for Ex-Prisoners

35	June, 1999	The Claims Industry and the Public Interest	Tony O'Riordan SJ and Bill Toner SJ
		Twenty-Five Years of Homelessness	Peter McVerry, SJ

34	April, 1999	Facing up to Mental Illness	Bill Toner, SJ
		Hopelessness and Suicide in Prison	Tony O'Riordan, SJ

33	December, 1998	Wanted: An Immigration Policy	Bill Toner, SJ
		The Economics of Immigration Policy	Tom Giblin, SJ
		Drugs: The Current State of Play	Frank Brady, SJ

32	July, 1998	The Dependency Culture: A Good or a Bad Thing?	Bill Toner, SJ
		Housing Associations in Ireland: Present and Future	Brian O'Gorman
		Care In Chaos	Tony O'Riordan, SJ

31	March, 1998	Do Poor Children Deserve Perfect Teeth?	Bill Toner, SJ
		Government Report to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child	Peter McVerry, SJ
		Crime: Causes and Responses	Bill Toner, SJ and Tom Giblin, SJ

Archive 1993-1997

ISSUE	DATE	ARTICLES	AUTHORS	PDF
30	November, 1997	Working Class Cultures: Can They Adapt?	Bill Toner, SJ

29	June, 1997	Zero Tolerance - An Adequate Crime Policy?	Tom Giblin, SJ

28	April, 1997	The Poverty Trap: What Can Be Done?
		Approaches To Crime Reduction	Sean Redmond, Director of PACE
		Poverty In Ireland: How Accurate Are Estimates Of 'Average Income'?

27	November, 1996	European Monetary Union: Should We Catch The EMU Express?
		Disadvantages Of Monetary Union?

26	September, 1996	Social Welfare, Tax, And The Family	Bill Toner, SJ
		Response Of Eastern Health Board To The Drugs Problem	Peter McVerry, SJ

25	April, 1996	Zero-Rated VTOS
		Cultural Variations: A Challenge To Dogmatism?
		Technology And Unemployment

24	October, 1995	Anti Poverty Submission
		Results Of A Survey: What Is Needed Reduce Poverty In Ireland Today?
		An Anti-Poverty Strategy
		Key Points Of An Anti-Poverty Strategy

23	April, 1995	What Do We Mean By Justice?
		Community Initiatives - What Did We Learn?
		New Jobs - Where Will They Come From?
		Youth Work Hit By Drug Abuse	Peter McVerry, SJ
		Enterprise Development: How Relevant To The Long-Term Unemployed?

22	December, 1994	Are Schemes The Answer To Community Employment?
		Taking The Longer View: The Workmate Project, Ballymun
		Starting Young - The Lifestart Initiative
		How Big Is The Housing List?
		More On School Dropout - Two New Reports (Listening and Learning, Where Are They Now?)
		A Helping Hand For People In Debt

21	July, 1994	The New CMRS Programme: Part-time Job Opportunities
		School Attendance: A Timely Report
		Broad-Based Organising
		Economic Growth and Long-Term Unemployment
		Unemployment: The Hidden Impact
		The Management of Offenders - A Five Year Plan	Eoin O'Sullivan

20	January, 1994	770 Jobs for a Million Pounds
		Drugs and Dropouts
		Whose Law and Order?	Eoin O'Sullivan
		Unemployment: The CMRS Proposal
		Are the Unemployed the Problem?
		The Number of Homeless People in Ireland - A Reassessment of an Assessment	Eoin O'Sullivan

19	October, 1993	Community Development Funding: Does the Government Need an Outreach Facility?
		A New Framework for Juvenile Justice	Eoin O'Sullivan
		Urban Crime - Can We Learn from the Danes?
		Homeless Young People	Peter McVerry, SJ
		No Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term Unemployment
		Grassroots (Priests and Religious Working in Disadvantaged Areas)
		"Work Is The Key" - What Next?

18	April, 1993	Can We Level the Playing Field?
		Exporting Our Problems - The Irish Economy in a Comparative Institutional Perspective
		Global Fund
		Centralisation Undermining Area Partnerships?

Archive1987-1992

ISSUE	DATE	ARTICLES	AUTHORS	PDF
17	October, 1992	Unemployment as a Lifestyle?
		Educational Attainment and Access to Skill Training

16	January, 1992	Putting Women on the Political Agenda
		Social Employment Schemes and the Community Sector

15	June, 1991	Area Based Companies
		European Dimension of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress
		Area Based Strategies - Some Facts!

14	December, 1990	N.E.S.C.'s Strategy for the Nineties
		Talks on a New Programme

13	June, 1990	Employment and Unemployment: Prospects for the Nineties
		Update on Long-Term Unemployment

12	March, 1990	A Social Europe? - Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights of Workers
		Ireland in the European Community
		The N.E.S.C. Verdict by Sector

11	November, 1989	Action Needed to Combat Long-Term Unemployment
		Programmes for the Long-Term Unemployed
		Subsidising Jobs - Employment Incentive Scheme

10	May, 1989	The Big Plan
		Ireland: National Development Plan 1989-1993
		Community Enterprise
		Do Unemployment Traps Cause Unemployment?
		Better Times Ahead: For Whom?

9	March, 1989	Budget 1989
		Spending E.E.C. Funds
		Workforce Changes
		Youthreach

8	January, 1989	Trade Union Solidarity
		Anyone For Self-Employment?
		Did You Know... ( 1:660 Ratio Employed in Labour Exchange to Unemployed)

7	November, 1988	Income Tax Cuts - To What End?
		I.N.O.U. Budget Campaign
		Poverty Report
		The "F.W.E.N.U." Phenomenon

6	September, 1988	A Third Sector?
		Labours Alternative (A Reformed Public and a Regulated Private Sector)
		Employment Update

5	May, 1988	Low Pay
		Graduates and Industry
		Growth - But No Jobs
		Fight, Starve or Emigrate
		The "Solidarity" Encyclical
		What's in a Number?

4	April, 1988	Is Work Dead?
		The State and Industry
		Numbers Game (Selective Reporting)
		May Day 1988
		Is Work Dead? (Comment Version)
		Work Must Live!

3	February, 1988	No Progress on Job Creation
		Provision for the Unemployed
		A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down (Tax Relief, Redundancy)
		Taxation - Fair Shares?
		Business Response
		Trade Union Response
		Church Response

2	January, 1988	Employment and Industry
		Forecasting the Future
		Unemployment Comparisons
		Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (I.D.A.)
		After Advent: Hope and Commitment

1	November, 1987	Jobsearch Questioned
		Restart or False Start
		Stats Update (Live Register)
		Shelving Adequacy
		Call to Solidarity
		Why did Pope Paul VI give away the Triple Tiara?