Dr Jonathan Arlow, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick Many scholars have attempted to address the absence of a left-led government in Ireland. But this focus on left-wing failure has meant that the unusual electoral focus of the two largest Trotskyist parties in Ireland, the Socialist Workers’ Network (SWN) and the Socialist…
Professor Brian Girvin, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. I convened a seminar at the National University of Ireland, Merrion Square, on June 18, 2026. The seminar was made possible thanks to generous funding from the PSAI and the provision of facilities by the NUI. My fellow participants and I are grateful…
Professor Tom Turner, Department of Work and Employment Studies, University of Limerick. Ireland is relatively unique in a European context in the absence of an established right-wing populist party with anti-immigrant policies and representation in the national parliament (the Dáil) despite having a sizeable immigrant population with a greater number of immigrants per 1000 inhabitants…
Professor Iain McMenamin, Dublin City University The Irish Times recently reported that Sinn Féin’s Northern Ireland branch received €41,000 from friends of Sinn Féin in the US. It has also received large bequests from UK residents: 3.35m stg until the end of 2023. Neither type of income would be legal in (southern) Ireland. Other parties…
The PSAI Public Policy Specialist Group held its annual workshop on Friday 15 May at the National University of Ireland, Dublin, bringing together researchers from across Ireland to discuss their work on public policy and policymaking. The workshop was organised under the auspices of the PSAI’s Public Policy Specialist Group and featured three thematic panels:…
