The Facebook page of BIEN affiliate Basic Income Ireland, has just passed 18,000 likes.

The page is now more popular than any political party in Ireland except one, including the two parties currently in government. It also now has more likes than leading campaign groups the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Simon Community and a similar amount of likes as Oxfam Ireland.

Ireland has also recently seen the creation of its first local group, Basic Income Waterford.

For more information, see:

Basic Income Ireland