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Daily Archives: March 29, 2010

‘Democracies die behind closed doors’ Opening up cabinet government in Ireland

[Given to Political Reform in Ireland Conference, University College Cork, 26th March 2010] If the appetite for political reform emerged as a result of the economic crisis, then we should probably look at what caused the crisis. Power within the political system is centralised to government. It was government decisions that got us here, so…

March 29, 2010 in Government reform.

Irish electoral reform debate gathering international interest

Some interesting discussion in the Fruits and Votes blog, which among other things argues that my call for a smaller Dail is off the mark – http://bit.ly/dnDCDQ

March 29, 2010 in Uncategorized.

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