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…
By Claire McGing, NUI Maynooth Parliaments, of which the Dáil and Seanad are no exception, are highly gendered institutions. Since the rules were written by men at a time in which women were not expected to participate in politics, the very norms, rules and culture of parliament conform to a male lifestyle. This is why the idea of…
Pat Leahy (posted by David Farrell, October 28, 2011) Here is the text of Sunday Business Post’s Pat Leahy’s remarks to the 2011 Kenmare Economics conference The Irish economic crash has been turbo charged by a profound failure of our politics and our political system to comprehend the economic realities of the world, to be…
David Farrell (February 20, 2011) Early in the campaign I happened on a radio story in which the intrepid reporter was following a sitting TD on his election canvass. Everywhere the politician went he met with a positive reaction from his constituents. The basis of the whole story was that this was a politician in…
Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd November 2010 Could a separate youth constituency improve participation/representation levels amongst the younger section of the electorate?
Read John Coakley’s article from the political reform conference
Irish Politics Forum 