TCD JS Irish Politics class & TCD Department of Political Science with The Joint Committee on the Constitution of the Houses of the Oireachtas Public consultation @ the Public Theatre (Exam Hall) Trinity College Dublin Tuesday, February 2nd @ 7pm. Ticket only event, places limited, please rsvp at tcdirishpols@gmail.com Directions. The Department of Political Science…
Posted by Mary C. Murphy & Katy Hayward The European Commission’s ‘EU 2020’ Strategy is a successor to the current Lisbon Strategy. The Commission Working Document sets out a plan for expanding on the successes of the ten year old Lisbon Agenda. To read the document or an executive summary, please go to: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/eu2020/consultation_en.htm. This…
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It’s the not the government, but the Dáil that elects the Ceann Comhairle. The constitution makes no reference to how the Ceann Comhairle is elected, so if the Dáil wished to change the rules of election, it is free to do so.
Fine Gael have proposed abolishing Seanad. Pat Rabbitte and Dick Roche agree worth looking at on Week in Politics. http://finegael.org/news/a/1402/article/ http://www.rte.ie/live/index.html
Posted by Eoin O’Malley In the political calculations made last week on the removal of John O’Donoghue and selection of a new Ceann Comhairle, two things seemed to be most important in the Taoiseach’s calculations. One was the FF/ Green majority – so getting a Fine Gael or Labour TD would have eased the pressure…
Th Irish Times today says The Greens have won commitments on electoral reform http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1010/1224256346911.html It is also understood that the Greens have won some far-reaching concessions on electoral reform. The Electoral Commission will be asked within the next year to advise if the number of TDs in Dáil Eireann, currently 166, is too high. It…
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Paul Krugman in today’s New York Times on the need for rational politics. Many of the retrospectives on Ted Kennedy’s life mention his regret that he didn’t accept Richard Nixon’s offer of a bipartisan health care deal. The moral some commentators take from that regret is that today’s health care reformers should do what Mr.…
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