Department Of Politics
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Far right political group much less likely to gain traction in Ireland, conference told
- Social Affairs
- October 18, 2019, 17:01
Online anti-immigrant sentiment is well established in Ireland but a successful far right political organisation is much less likely to gain traction,(...)

If Johnson becomes PM, he should thank Varadkar, says historian
- Irish News
- July 19, 2019, 17:25
Brendan Simms is the quintessential European. Raised in Ireland, the son of a German mother, he is the grand-nephew of a Irish communist who became a (...)

Stephen Collins: Varadkar cannot afford to drop veterans
- Opinion
- June 8, 2017, 01:00
Leo Varadkar’s dilemma about who to drop and who to promote to Cabinet is giving him his first taste of what it is like to be a party leader with the (...)

Corbyn will already have won even when he loses the election
- Opinion
- June 8, 2017, 00:24
We are constantly told that the successes of Brexit and Donald Trump were the result of an “anti-establishment” attack. This is problematic in that Tr(...)

Research finds way to curb racist tweets
- Technology
- November 17, 2016, 05:14
The last week or so has not been good for social media; it has variously been described as an echo chamber in which we cosy up to like-minded individu(...)

For all the sound and fury Chilcot Report changes nothing
- Opinion
- July 13, 2016, 00:31
Standing outside the Queen Elizabeth II Centre last Thursday following the launch of the Chilcot report, it was difficult not to think I’d witnessed a(...)

Abortion issue divides opinion in parties, survey shows
- Politics
- February 25, 2016, 11:04
A survey of parties and candidates has found that abortion is the issue with the highest level of internal disagreement within parties. The survey c(...)