Public Affairs
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A multifaceted role
Peter Finnegan, the Clerk of Dáil Éireann and Secretary General of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service, discusses his role…
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Women and politics in Ireland since 1918
February 2018 marked the centenary of some women achieving the right to vote in parliamentary elections in Britain and Ireland.…
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Doing right by the country: Brendan Howlin TD
Having first contested for the Labour leadership in 1997, Brendan Howlin was finally elected unopposed in May 2016. Speaking with…
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Political Platform
Kathleen Funchion was first elected to Kilkenny County Council as a Sinn Féin representative in 2009 before being returned as…
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TRADES UNION desk
Strip away the glitter and the sleek PR and it quickly becomes apparent that there is something fundamentally Dickensian…
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Meet the MEDIA
Ellen Coyne is a senior Ireland journalist with The Times and The Times Irish edition. The Dungarvan native graduated from…
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Overhauling relationship and sexuality education
Against the backdrop of myriad celebrity sexual assault scandals, the issue of sexual consent has received an unprecedented and timely…
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David Murtagh: a blank canvas
Dublin keeps on changing. For several years now, innocuous and dreary street furniture has been transformed as a wave of…
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Talking points: Sinéad Goldrick
In recent years, Dublin’s Sinéad Goldrick has become one of the LGFA’s most recognisable faces. Ciarán Galway meets with the…
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Strictly speaking: Ceann Comhairle
In 2016, Fianna Fáil TD Seán Ó Fearghaíl, a native of Newbridge, County Kildare, was elected as the 19th Ceann…
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