Public Affairs
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Ana Liffey Drug Project: ‘Citizens’ Assembly recommendation supports humane shift in drug policy’
As per the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use, the State should introduce a ‘comprehensive’ health-led response to possession of drugs…
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Barry Andrews MEP: ‘Serious discussion need regarding the coverage of European Parliament’
A relatively low voter turnout in European elections can be attributed to inadequate media coverage afforded to the European Parliament…
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Von der Leyen’s foreign policy inconsistency
For possibly the last time, Ursula von der Leyen took to the podium of the European Parliament to deliver her…
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50 years of economic and social change
Ireland’s dynamic economic transformation can be tracked over its 50 years of EU membership, including the economic shift away from…
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Women ‘within the home’ referendum delayed
The Government has delayed the holding of a referendum which proposes removing the reference to a women’s place being “within…
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Oversight and accountability now key to climate action
Independent Report Card on Government progress must be complemented by robust parliamentary scrutiny, according to Friends of the Earth Chief…
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Centenary of republican hunger strikes
Cormac Moore, a historian-in-residence with Dublin City Council and a columnist with The Irish News, reflects on the centenary of…
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TRADE UNION DESK How we deliver the homes that people need
A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) crystallises the fundamental problem with current housing policy, writes Owen Reidy,…
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The North needs care and attention
The North’s political system is in trouble, write Alan Renwick, professor of democratic politics and, Conor J Kelly, research assistant,…
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New Dáil constituencies announced
Having concluded a consultation on the makeup of constituencies for the next Dáil, An Coimisiún Toghcháin has announced that there…
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