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Daily Archives: January 30, 2016

The Politics of Remembrance: Commemorating 1916

By Timothy J. White and Denis Marnane Assessing a significant anniversary of an important historical event such as commemorating 1916 is like a juggler keeping three balls in the air. There is the event itself, very likely not something about which there is consensus in terms of interpretation; there is the period of time between then…

January 30, 2016 in New Republic, Northern Ireland.

At last, some real Dáil reform!

Last week the Dáil passed a government motion to make three important changes to Standing Orders (in typical Dáil fashion with little debate). In summary, the changes that will be in operation from the start of the next Dáil session are: A secret ballot to elect the Ceann Comhairle, Use of d’Hondt formula to allocate…

January 30, 2016 in Committee System, Corruption and Accountability, Dail Reform.

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