Public Affairs
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Voting rights referendum could more than double electorate
A planned referendum on the 39th Amendment to the Irish Constitution to enable citizens living outside of the State to…
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Leo Varadkar’s climate choice: Vandal or Vanguard
Less than two years ago, the Climate Change Performance Index ranked Ireland bottom of the EU league table, and Taoiseach…
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The invisible in-between: An Englishman’s search for the Irish Border
Photographer Tristan Poyser spent two years travelling and photographing the border in a time of uncertainty following the invocation of…
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Place-making in the public realm: Eilis O’Connell
Central to the North West is its world-renowned scenery, and the community of artists who have drawn inspiration from it.…
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Social economy in the EU
Following its recognition within EU industrial policy, Ulla Engelmann, Head of Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy Unit, DG GROW,…
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Ireland has Europe’s lowest social protection spending
Government expenditure on social protection as a percentage of GDP is lowest in Ireland compared to all other EU member…
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Two MEPs to be put on hold
Two candidates deemed successfully elected in Ireland’s recent European election will now assume the position of ‘reserves’ until the UK…
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Referendum on voting rights to be held in October
A referendum on the voting rights of Irish citizens living outside of the Republic of Ireland, originally scheduled for 24…
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The role of directly elected mayors
Voters in Cork, Limerick and Waterford will face an extra question on 24 May, the day of local and European…
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Scottish government: An outcomes-based approach
The Scottish Government’s approach has been credited by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) as the most developed…
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