Issue 45
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Europe and Brexit
Tax transparency and multinationals
Ireland’s Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy TD, has been advised to maintain a…
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Europe and Brexit
Irish defamation law ‘a constraint on media freedom’
Ireland’s defamation laws “raise concerns as regards the ability of the press to expose corruption”, the European Commissioner for Justice…
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Public Affairs
Seanad byelections
eolas examines the circumstances of the recent Seanad byelection and the mechanisms by which Seanad byelections are decided. One of…
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Public Affairs
Minimum wage workers in Ireland
Ireland’s minimum wage employees are more likely to be located in sectors hardest hit by the pandemic, an ESRI study…
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Public Affairs
Universal Basic Income
The 2020 Programme for Government includes a commitment to deliver a universal basic income (UBI) pilot “in the lifetime of…
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Public Affairs
Electoral reform in focus
Welcomed as the “the most significant electoral reform in decades”, the Government’s Electoral Reform Bill has also come in for…
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Public Affairs
Agallamh · Interview:
Vivian Uíbh EachachLabhraíonn Vivian Uíbh Eachach, An Príomh-Aistritheoir i Rannóg an Aistriúcháin i dTithe an Oireachtais le Odrán de Bhaldraithe faoin nGaeilge,…
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Public Affairs
New wellbeing metrics for Ireland
Under the A Better Quality of Life for All mission in the 2020 Programme for Government (PfG), the coalition parties…
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Public Affairs
Trade Union Desk
NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly summarises some key findings from the Nevin Economic Research Institute’s (NERI) co-authored paper examining the effects…
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Public Affairs
Political Platform
Elected to the Dáil in February 2020, Duncan Smith is a Labour Party TD for Dublin Fingal. Previously, Smith was…
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