Public affairs
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Electing a new President
As Mary McAleese prepares to leave office and a new election approaches, Peter Cheney reviews the history and purpose of…
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New Oireachtas committees
A summary of the new Oireachtas committees as the Dáil and Seanad get down to business. With the 31st Dáil…
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A changing political system
The new Government has started implementing an agenda of political reform, but there is much to be done. Stephen Dineen…
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Universal energy access: UNIDO
Morgan Bazilian, Special Adviser to the Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and former adviser to Eamon…
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An Irish influence
Irish-born Australian Senator Ursula Stephens talks to Meadhbh Monahan about how her Irish roots influence her politics. An emphasis on…
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People power
A cross-section of one hundred citizens gathered for a weekend in Dublin to deliberate on political issues. Stephen Dineen attended.…
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Advising government
With the new Government has come a new team of special advisers. eolas outlines who’s who in the team behind…
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Solidarity not isolation
ICTU’s Macdara Doyle argues that Europe was wrong in thinking that the debt crisis was contained in peripheral countries and…
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Selling the state assets
A review of the state’s assets and liabilities has concluded that approximately €5 billion worth of state-owned companies should be…
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The Seanad: a case for abolition?
Peter Cheney considers Seanad Éireann’s structure, history and possible future. The upper chamber faces abolition or comprehensive reform, pending a…
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