Public Affairs
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‘Players and crap-hats’
The deployment of militarily aggressive British Army units to Northern Ireland – bristling with experience of colonial counter-insurgency tours…
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Waiting in the wings: Michael McGrath, TD
Michael McGrath, the highly regarded TD for Cork South-Central, is regularly hyped by the political commentariat as a Fianna Fáil…
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An Irish political Moses
March 2018 marked the centenary of the death of John Redmond. In recent years, a concerted effort has been made…
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The Loneliness Taskforce
Fianna Fáil Senator Keith Swanick, a GP who runs his own family practice in Belmullet, County Mayo, writes on the…
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The future of the Seanad
The continued existence of Seanad Éireann makes Ireland atypical. Globally, the majority of parliaments are now unicameral and of those…
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Trades Union desk
It remains one of the enduring mysteries of the post-2008 world as to why ratings agencies remain widely trusted and…
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Security in the age of killer robots
The definition of ‘autonomy’ and the blurring of boundaries between legitimate use and abuse stand in the way of an…
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Meet the Media
Michael Brennan is the Political Editor of the Sunday Business Post. A Galway native, he holds a journalism degree from…
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Why Milly mattered
Milly Tuomey died by suicide at the very beginning of 2016. Her mother, Fiona Tuomey, outlines the case for improved…
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Mná na hÉireann
Throughout the course of 2018, the Oireachtas will mark the centenary of the passage of the Representation of the People…
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