‘The water started slowly to rise and rise, like a horror movie’: The race to archive art
The Irish photographer David Farrell lost a legacy in the recent Italian floods. What can artists do to protect their legacies?
David Farrell
Second UCD statement on Ukraine invasion ‘late and grudging’
University’s initial reaction reveals sensitivity to damaging links with China, says academic
UCD academics criticise president’s defence of Beijing-linked institute
Prof Andrew Deeks’s interpretation of academic freedom described as ‘worrying’
Will Russian war games fizzle out or turn red hot?
Inside Politics: Tentative hopes Russia may be withdrawing troops from frontline
Tributes paid to late academic and political pundit Richard Sinnott
‘He played a pioneering role in the development of political science in Ireland’
UCD staff say college institute teaching Chinese studies ‘devalues’ reputation
Links of UCD Irish Institute for Chinese Studies to Beijing regime questioned
Q&A: Why were political party members posing as pollsters?
Controversy erupts around parties’ historical approach to private polling of voters
Dáil electronic voting review recommends installing extra cameras for €50,000
Expert report follows voting practices controversy that emerged last year
Serving in coalition government can be bad for junior partner’s health
Perception is they should keep others in check rather than pursuing own policy agenda
Gender equality: Citizen’s Assembly moves to fulfil 1916 Proclamation aims
Public policy, gender roles in work and care and sharing of responsibilities to be debated
Over 800 people sign up to Irish Simpsons Facebook page political party
Page administrator says they are ‘absolutely serious’ about political party
Basta locks brand bought out of examinership
Industry veterans acquire the goodwill and stock of troubled Sligo business
Campaigners against incinerator to use Prince Charles visit
Opponents of Indaver project near €50,000 in funding to seek a judicial review
The Citizens’ Assembly – a canny move on the road to repeal
Assembly was a portent of shifting public attitudes on abortion
Rising number of unregulated online ads in abortion campaign
Government may need to seek change in law to govern online campaigning – McEntee
Those who claim to be defamed in Dáil could access redress
Review began after Paul Murphy wrote to Ceann Comhairle about ‘thuggery’ comment
Citizens’ Assembly to debate how referendums are held in Ireland
Issue of media coverage expected to be raised at next meeting of the assembly in January
Feeling anxious or stressed? Talk to your local TD
Top psychiatrist to train TDs and Senators to help constituents with mental health issues
‘We can’t make Ireland great again, because it was always sh*t’
Populism – the set of ideologies that has given the world Donald Trump, Brexit and Marine Le Pen – has transformed the politics of many countries. Could Ireland be next?
The ‘new politics’ one year on: Different? Yes. Better? No
It was the election that nobody won, producing a Government that struggles to govern. A new series assesses minority Government and Ireland’s changing political landscape
Austerity is not responsible for the recovery, experts claim
New book also argues that the troika was not behind State’s post-crash economic policy
Norms underlying representative democracy are breaking down
Political scientists were caught out in 2016; we need to reassess polling and research
Noel Whelan: A political junkie’s guide to surviving Christmas
The books, movies, podcasts and programmes to get you through the downtime
Let’s reimagine democracy: replace elections with lotteries
Brexit and the Trump presidency are making people ask whether the current form of democracy is the best we can do
Give this essential ‘new politics’ time and it will work
Too early to dismiss as failure: Vital Dáil reform unlikely to be finished before spring
Why it pays to vote all the way down the ballot paper
Patrick Smyth on how our STV system works. This article was first published in 2016
Meet the Voters: Campaign fails to prompt shift in allegiances
Analyst says election is continuing a trend which sees voters deciding very late
Campaign a final sprint by parties to convince undecided voters
David Farrell says evidence voters are increasingly swayed by policies over personalities
Visual art round-up: The kind of country Irish people have made
Two views of the Rising and the Ireland it helped to create
Dáil a ‘puny parliament’, say four prominent political scientists
Academics’ campaign seeks to identify where political reform can be implemented quickly
Opinion: Minor reforms of Dáil could make major difference
None of changes require constitutional change and they could be delivered quickly
Blow Photo: a Dublin mag that aims for epic beauty
The magazine, which is run by a team of just three, is gaining international recognition for its purist approach
David Farrell: Constitutional Convention ‘brand’ is in jeopardy
‘The Convention produced nine reports. Four of these have yet to be debated in the Oireachtas’
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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