Politics

  • All change?

    Irish Times political correspondent Harry McGee asks whether the changes in the Dáil are a temporary consequence of the public…

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  • Boom to bail-out

    For a small peripheral island nation, the economy has always been high on the political agenda. Since the unfolding of…

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  • A government in review

    As the 30th Dáil reached its final days, the financial and psychological pressure of five budgets in four years was…

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  • The independents

    As the largest number of independents ever elected to Dáil Éireann find their feet and work out the practicalities of…

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  • Re-inventing government

    With Fine Gael likely to be part of the next Government, eolas reviews the party’s ambitions for radical reform. Fine…

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  • A climate-changed land

    NUI Maynooth climatologist Professor John Sweeney updates eolas on what a warmer future could mean for Ireland’s scenery. Ireland’s traditional…

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  • Towards electoral reform

    eolas reviews the Oireachtas Constitution Committee’s report on electoral reform and progress since its publication. Voting should take place on…

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  • Europe’s accountability

    An overview of Ireland’s place in the different parts of the EU, how the institutions are appointed, and their links…

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  • Education (Amendment) Bill

    Purpose: to allow vocational education committees to set up primary schools. If the Bill is passed, the state will take…

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  • Nessa Childers: responsible role

    Nessa Childers MEP meets Meadhbh Monahan in the European Parliament to discuss her wide remit in Brussels and how decisions…

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