<p style="text-align: justify;">The new All-Island HP Deprivation Index, presenting a consisted area-based deprivation measure for the island of Ireland based on the 2011 censuses, is now accessible to researchers, policymakers and others concerned with socio-economic issues in the Irish cross-border context. The Deprivation Index is a joint project developed by Trutz Haase and Dr Jonathan Pratschke, in collaboration with the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and the All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO), and can be explored <a href="http://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/external-content/deprivationindex2014 " target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Index draws upon a combined set of equivalent indicators from Ireland and Northern Ireland, including from the 2011 censuses in both jurisdictions, to form a single deprivation measure for the island. It provides a powerful tool for researchers and policymakers interested in understanding and seeking to reduce the social gradient that characterises a multiplicity of different outcomes in the economic, social and political spheres on the island.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A detailed narrative on the methodology and concepts used to construct the Deprivation Index, and observations on interpreting the data, can be further explored <a href="http://trutzhaase.eu/deprivation-index/the-2011-all-island-hp-deprivation-index/" target="_blank">here</a>.<p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The All-Island HP Deprivation Index was developed under the Evidence Based Planning theme of the Cross-Border Spatial Planning and Training Network (CroSPlaN II) programme managed by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD). CroSPlaN II forms part of the wider Ireland-Northern Ireland Cross-Border Cooperation Observatory (INICCO), led by the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS), funded by the Special EU Programmes Body under EU INTERREG IVA.<em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The Deprivation Index work has also been part financed by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (DECLG).</em></p>