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40 Dead Men Walking: Self-interest prods disinterested political elite into action on the Seanad debate.
John Drennan’s Sindo article points to growing backbench opposition to the government’s proposed referendum on abolishing the Seanad. This development is unsurprising, given the tightness… more →
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A thoroughly Irish coup
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wrote 1 month ago: Not for the first time, an attempt is being made to overthrow and discard our constitutional system … more →
Seanad Electoral Reform Bill
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wrote 3 months ago: I am not advancing this Bill because I wish to preserve the Seanad in the face of extinction by way … more →
Why Politicians Need To Stop Shouting At Each Other
wrote 7 months ago: Next month, we are facing into one of the toughest Budgets that an Irish Government has ever had to … more →
Seanad Reform
wrote 8 months ago: Speaking on the “Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change” Report Go raibh maith … more →
40 Dead Men Walking: Self-interest prods disinterested political elite into action on the Seanad debate.
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wrote 9 months ago: John Drennan’s Sindo article points to growing backbench opposition to the government’s … more →
Early days of the SOS ('Save Our Seanad') campaign
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wrote 11 months ago: Posted by Matt Wall A letter to the Irish Times from six former Senators represents a faltering sta … more →
Credit where it's due to the government - and some thoughts on gender quotas. By Matt Wall
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wrote 11 months ago: So I recently learned that The Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 will soon be pas … more →
Citizens’ Voices: Experiments in Democratic Renewal and Reform
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wrote 11 months ago: Edited by Gemma M Carney and Clodagh Harris (co-convenors of the Participatory and Deliberative Demo … more →
Seanad abolition and 'a brainstorm in front of a television camera'
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wrote 11 months ago: Here is a link to the ‘The Week in Politics’ coverage of the political reform debate on … more →
Confessions of a demoralised political scientist
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wrote 1 year ago: I just finished reading an article in today’s IT on the constitutional convention. In the arti … more →
Change we can believe in? The government's proposed Constitutional Convention
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wrote 1 year ago: Matthew Wall The government’s recently unveiled proposals on the forthcoming constitutional conventi … more →
Government progress on political reform: some boxes ticked, but much more to do
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wrote 1 year ago: Posted by David Farrell (March 8, 2012) The government’s (presumably first) annual report 2012 inclu … more →
Political reform at a snail’s pace
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wrote 1 year ago: Posted by David Farrell (January 14, 2012) Two areas greatly in need for reform are funding of polit … more →
Do TDs have little interest in being legislators?
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wrote 1 year ago: Stephen Collins writing in last Saturday’s Irish Times he argues that one of the big commitmen … more →
This time, let us decide on the transfer of sovereignty
wrote 1 year ago: Abolishing a harmless Seanad without tackling real problems will solve little. The two most defining … more →
A need for a debate on parliamentary reform
wrote 1 year ago: It is reported in today’s newspapers that the constitutional convention will take place in the sprin … more →
Addressing Dr. Mary Robinson
wrote 1 year ago: As somebody who was a member of the Diaspora when she was President, I experienced a surge of pride … more →
Seanad and Dail Reform
wrote 1 year ago: It is regrettable that at this stage, six months into the term of this Seanad, we have not yet had a … more →
The referendum decision: if you don’t know (& if you’re not consulted) vote no
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wrote 1 year ago: Post by David Farrell (October 30, 2011) The failure of the referendum on Oireachtas enquiries by 47 … more →
