The Irish Times

Michael and Danny Healy-Rae: Gombeen men or political geniuses?

Weekend Read: The brothers carved up Co Kerry and took the spoils of two Dáil seats. How did they do it? The voters in Healy-Rae Kingdom speak out

Sat Jul 9 2016 - 05:45

Mock Dáil produces a government of national unity - and it only took 90 minutes

Public voting experiment in Dublin explores feasibility of electing a powersharing government

Sun Apr 24 2016 - 17:04

Fantasy Dáil: Power-sharing to be tested in voting experiment

Public invited to take part in role play to elect ‘government of national unity’ on Saturday

Thu Apr 21 2016 - 08:10

Dáil a ‘puny parliament’, say four prominent political scientists

Academics’ campaign seeks to identify where political reform can be implemented quickly

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 15:33

Opinion: Minor reforms of Dáil could make major difference

None of changes require constitutional change and they could be delivered quickly

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 01:47

Media and Marketing: On radio, sadly, testosterone talks

The ‘Hearing Women’s Voices?’ report found male voices dominate on commercial radio

Thu Nov 12 2015 - 06:00

Newstalk takes a Right Hook for gender balance

Hearing Women’s Voices radio report shows females simply not being allowed on air

Tue Nov 10 2015 - 00:01

FuJo project to investigate the future for ‘journos’ and ‘mojos’

DCU media research institute will provide ‘space for innovation’ in journalism

Thu May 28 2015 - 01:10

Rise of the Others

In last weekend’s elections, Independents, small alliances and anti-austerity groups were the big winners, polling more than 40 per cent in some areas. Was it a midterm protest vote or is the political party over?

Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00

Old fashioned ‘vote getters’ still favoured by candidates

Social media or analytics investment still attracts less spend than posters in Irish politics

Thu May 8 2014 - 01:10

New political alliance faces challenge agreeing on policy

Electoral reform, abortion, entrepreneurship and influence of the EU among topics raised at inaugural meeting

Mon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00

Reform Alliance not about ‘perpetuation of party politics’

New party ‘not on agenda’, Creighton tells RDS event attended by some 1,350 people

Sat Jan 25 2014 - 11:56

Creighton hopes reform conference can contribute to public debate

More than 500 people said to have registered for conference with ‘400 ideas’ submitted for debate

Fri Jan 24 2014 - 21:45

Seanad reform plan to be unveiled

Government to be urged to extend vote to all citizens

Mon Jan 13 2014 - 01:00

All points of view must be treated as equal before people decide in a referendum

Opinion: It is not for anyone to decide in advance that such and such a position is a minority one

Fri Jan 10 2014 - 12:01

Referendums are with us to stay, so we may as well start to run them properly

Opinion: The weaker the communication, the lower the turnout and the greater likelihood of a No vote

Sat Jan 4 2014 - 00:01

Howlin defends fee increases in FoI legislation

Minister says €15 charge for each request made in application ‘reasonable’

Wed Nov 13 2013 - 06:54

Politicians spar over Seanad at Kennedy summer school

Debate billed as first between senior politicians during Seanad abolition referendum campaign

Sat Sep 14 2013 - 19:46

Time women made waves in blokish culture

In a nation of radio listeners, women are poorly represented on air, report shows

Fri Aug 9 2013 - 00:01

Note from department on elections sharply criticised by Flanagan as disdainful to Convention

Fine Gael chairman says he will bring up quality of note with Taoiseach

Mon Jun 10 2013 - 08:43

Constitutional Convention strongly endorses principles of current electoral system

Convention rejects national party lists but backs requirement for TDs to resign Dáil seats when appointed to Cabinet

Mon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00