Adrian Kavanagh, 19 May 2013 Opinion polls in the first half of 2013 have all pointed towards significant gains in Fianna Fail support levels, albeit to varying degrees, leaving Fianna Fail at its highest support level in opinion polls since the IMF-EU bailout in November 2010 and with some of these positioning it as the most popular…
StatPlanet is an application that allows you to access, visualise and analyse all the 5000+ indicators available from the World Bank database through interactive maps and graphs.
By Iain McMenamin The study of corruption and political finance in Ireland has tended to be qualitative. This has made it difficult to determine whether problems related to a relatively small number of individuals of the system as a whole. My article, “Business Financing of Politics in Ireland: Theory, Evidence and Reform” in the current…
The Quality of Government Institute in Sweden has released a new cross-national and time-series dataset on. Details below
Posted by Eoin O’Malley (15 May) A new Seanad reform bill was introduced in the Seanad today by Senators Katherine Zappone and Fergal Quinn. It is available here. The main point of the bill are that it should move to a reformed house with new powers, but without requiring constitutional change. It proposed elections by…
A couple of interesting stories in the Irish media today caused me to re-consider the notion that political reform should be the exclusive domain of elected politicians. With their electoral mandates, experience of the day-to-day functioning of political institutions and (in Ireland, at least) their exclusive right to initiate constitutional change, our professional politicians certainly…
The book will be launched by Ms. Emily O’Reilly, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. LOCATION: City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2. DATE: Tuesday 21st May 2013 TIME: 6pm followed by a reception RSVP: jean.nelson@dcu.ie or phone: 01-700 8860
The Helix, Dublin City University, 12 June 2013 The debt crises in Ireland and Europe require a combination of political and economic analysis. This conference includes cutting-edge papers from leading international scholars.
New Directions in Referendums 9 May 2013 May 9, 2013 – Jane Suiter and Theresa Reidy co-convenors of the PSAI Voters, Parties and Elections Group are holding two events on referendums examining all
Originally posted in the CLMR portal by Elaine Byrne (11 April, 2013) The Salz Review into Barclays shares similar findings to the Honohan and the Regling and Watson Banking Inquiries. Salz attributed the extraordinary failings at Barclays to “corporate corruption” while the Irish approach has been to focus on “group think”. “Princes and governments are far…
Irish Politics Forum 