Northern Irish Clergy and Support for Irish Unification
Guest post by Elizabeth A. Oldmixon, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and editor of the Religion in Public blog.
Should Mr Kenny Go to Washington?
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from certain Muslim-majority countries entering the USA, there have been calls for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to abstain from the traditional St Patrick’s Day trip to the White House. Should he stay or should he go?
A Populist Vote in the 2016 General Election in Ireland?
Guest post by Dr Deirdre Tinney (independent researcher) and Dr Stephen Quinlan (GESIS Leibniz Institute, Mannheim) Immigration…Populism…Brexit…Trump… These words had become clarion calls by the end of 2016.
The Good Friday Agreement is Dead… Long Live the Good Friday Agreement
A Northern Ireland government is collapsed this week and no one really cared. Although RTÉ despatched Bryan Dobson to Belfast, the latest crisis didn’t sustain interest: Dobbo was back in the comfort of the Montrose studios the following day. The paltry turnout in the House of Commons for a debate on it shows that the…
Fianna Fáil as Ireland’s ‘natural governing’ party
By R. Kenneth Carty (University of British Columbia) Making sense of Irish electoral politics has always required coming to grips with Fianna Fáil: just what kind of a party is it? Long dominant, as the most successful party in Western Europe, it seems to be an exception to our understanding of the patterns of democratic…
Who supports gender quotas in Ireland?
Guest post from Lisa Keenan and Gail McElroy, Trinity College, Dublin. This blog presents the arguments from a paper published in Irish Political Studies by the authors. Free access to the paper is available for the month of January here. In 2016, the Republic of Ireland joined over 100 countries world-wide that use gender quotas at…
Republic of Ireland – moves towards more direct democracy?
Donal O’Brolchain reviews pre/post- election developments on direct democracy The February 2016 election continues a pattern of nearly 50 years ie. voters have not re-elected an outgoing government. Since 1969, this has happened once in 2002. Despite Ireland’s undoubted successes (eg. joining the EU, a rising population and workforce) over these years, we…
Vacancy for the role of Republic of Ireland Editor at Irish Political Studies
Irish Political Studies (IPS) is seeking expressions of interest in a co-editor position, tenable for three years from 2017. A specialist background in the politics of the Republic of Ireland would be an advantage, while editorial experience and a clear vision for the future of the journal are highly desirable. Interested candidates should send their…
Austerity and Recovery in Ireland — book launch
Notice: Book Launch Symposium: UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Thursday 19th January, 2017 – 4:00-6:30 pm Austerity & Recovery in Ireland: Europe’s Poster Child and the Great Recession, Editors: William K. Roche, Philip J. O’Connell and Andrea Prothero (Oxford University Press) Symposium – 4:00-5:30pm, Lecture Theatre 1 1. Welcome: Orla Feely, UCD Vice-President for…
Testing times for political science
On October 15 1987 the senior and well respected BBC weatherman, Michael Fish failed to predict the onset of the worst storm to hit the South of England in three centuries. That incident is emblazoned in the annals of the weather forecasting industry, resulting in some serious rethinking about how to deal with extreme events.…
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