Sheena McMullen
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Sheena McMullen
@sheenamcmullen.bsky.social
Senior Policy Advisor in NI for Joseph Rowntree Foundation
🔎Our Poverty in Northern Ireland (2025) report highlighted two consistent challenges emerge in the local labour market: pay and hours.

Almost half (45%) of all workers here have experienced low pay in one of the last 5 years.
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🏘️ Our Poverty in Northern Ireland report shows housing costs, once a relatively modest pressure compared with other parts of the UK, have become a central risk factor of poverty.

Despite ambitious targets, social housing completions have fallen far short of what’s needed.
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Just a reminder you can still register to join our webinar tomorrow here taking a fresh look at the realities of poverty here & the challenge the NI Executive need to address- events.zoom.us/ev/AhMa6dD3t...
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM