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Daily Archives: June 10, 2010

The dangers of allowing governments set by-election dates

The clock is ticking on when the long-awaited by-elections will be held. Donegal South West has had a vacant Dail seat since Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher was elected MEP in June 2009, while Dublin South has been open since being vacated by George Lee in February 2010 and Waterford since Martin Cullen stepped down in…

June 10, 2010 in Dail Reform, Political culture.

Regulatory conference

From Colin Scott An international and interdisciplinary conference on regulatory governance is being held at UCD next week, 17-19 June, under the auspices of the European Consortium of Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance.

June 10, 2010 in Government reform, Strategic Policy Planning.

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