Elaine Byrne 21/11/14 The Council of Europe (GRECO) today published it’s fourth evaluation round report on corruption in Ireland. Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors contains eleven recommendations. The recommendations are a timely intervention into the debate on political reform – much of which campaigners for reform have been advocating for some time. No…
A new poll by Millward Brown came out this weekend, with headline figures of 26% for Sinn Féin and 22% for Fine Gael. This let many news outlets to conclude that Sinn Féin is now the biggest party in the Republic. But this conclusion cannot be drawn from the Millward Brown poll, based on 991…
Election Institutions and Electoral Integrity 16 October 2014 NUI Merrion Square All Welcome. Please email t.reidy@ucc.ie to confirm attendance (for catering purposes). 10.00 – 11.15 Evaluating Electoral Institutions and Administration Andrew Reynolds, (University of North Carolina) (co-authors: Jorgen Elklit and Pippa Norris) Why Electoral Integrity Matters: Measurement and Consequences Carolien VanHam (University of…
Many of you have noticed that politicalreform.ie has been down since July. I’d like to say that it was in preparation of a major relaunch, but it wasn’t. It was a failure of too many people involved in running the site, and none of us taking responsibility. A catalogue of unpaid bills, misunderstandings and amateurism…
Originally posted on Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses:
Adrian Kavanagh, 13th September 2014 (still being updated!) The latest in the series of Red C polls has brought good news especially for Fine Gael and Sinn Fein. While Labour sees a one percentage point increase in the party’s poll levels, this is well off the levels of…
Posted on behalf of the Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy Discourse: ‘International Human Rights and Democratic Public Ethics’ by Professor Richard Bellamy University of Limerick, 6 June 2014 at 18:00 We are pleased to invite you to attend a Royal Irish Academy Discourse by Professor Richard Bellamy (European University Institute), with a response by…
Posted on behalf of Gerard McCann and Paul Hainsworth This blog builds upon a series of reports on the European Parliament elections in Northern Ireland by the authors. Previous reports are available free online in a virtual issue of Irish Political Studies on Local and European Parliament elections http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/pgas/fips_elections As expected with the European elections…
Posted on behalf of Dr Aodh Quinlivan, UCC This blog builds upon a 2009 Local Election Report (co-authored with Dr Liam Weeks). The report is available to access free, online, in a virtual issue of Irish Political Studies on Local Government and European Parliament elections http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/pgas/fips_elections Local elections in Ireland are regarded as somewhat of…
posted on behalf of DPER The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., will host the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Europe Regional Meeting in Dublin Castle on 8 & 9 May. The agenda comprises both working group and plenary sessions addressed by a range of invited experts from across Europe and will…
Posted on behalf of Dr Clodagh Harris (UCC) and Dr Gemma Carney (QUB) On Monday April 7th the PSAI specialist group on participatory and deliberative democracy in partnership with Campus Engage will be hosting a seminar on ‘Knowledge Democracy: the potential of participatory and deliberative democratic research in applied academy, community and policy contexts’. Professor…
Irish Politics Forum 