Public Affairs
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More TDs in next Dáil
An Coimisiún Toghcháin has concluded a consultation on the makeup of constituencies for the 34th Dáil ahead of the next…
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Summer Legislative Programme
Published by Government Chief Whip Hildegarde Naughton TD on 19 April 2023, the Summer Legislative Programme contains 39 bills for…
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Seanad university panel elections deemed unconstitutional
The Supreme Court has ruled that university electoral panels for election to Seanad Éireann are unconstitutional. Six members of Seanad…
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New Seanad EU committee established
Having been hampered by a number of fines and court cases, the Government will be hoping that the newly established…
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TRADE UNION DESK: A woman’s place is in her union
There are now more women than men in Ireland’s trade unions, representing a potential game changer for the movement, writes…
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Political Platform: Rose Conway-Walsh TD
First elected to Mayo County Council in 2009, becoming the first ever female councillor elected in Béal an Mhuirthead, Rose…
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Safe Ireland: ‘Once-in-a-generation opportunity’
The inability to ‘read’ domestic, sex, gender, and sexuality-based violence (DSGSBV) as a large-scale problem, not reducible to poor personal…
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Solidarity with Palestine must come with action
As the far-right surges to power in Israel and accelerates annexations of Palestinian land, Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan calls…
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Fiscal rules set for reform
The European Commission is proposing a simplification of current fiscal rules and greater fiscal flexibility for member states, as it…
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Green Deal Industrial Plan
The European Commission has announced a new green subsidy industrial plan, in a bid to ensure that EU member states…
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