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Professional politicians and political reform. (Matt Wall)
A couple of interesting stories in the Irish media today caused me to re-consider the notion that political reform should be the exclusive domain of elected politicians. With their electoral mandates,… more →
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Tales of the New Republic
wrote 5 days ago: Like the other “Tales” collections before it, “New Republic” chronicles the … more →
Professional politicians and political reform. (Matt Wall)
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wrote 1 week ago: A couple of interesting stories in the Irish media today caused me to re-consider the notion that po … more →
Deliberative democracy: Lessons for practitioners
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wrote 6 months ago: Here are some edited highlights of the Deliberative Democracy conference held in the Royal Irish Aca … 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 →
Dan O'Brien on seperating the roles of TD and Minister
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wrote 10 months ago: Interesting article from Dan O’Brien in the Irish Times here, flagged up by Paul Hunt in a com … more →
Constitutional Convention Debate on Tonight With Vincent Browne on TV3 (posted by Matt Wall)
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wrote 10 months ago: Really interesting debate on the government’s plans to involve citizens in Irish constitutiona … more →
Credit where it's due to the government - and some thoughts on gender quotas. By Matt Wall
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wrote 10 months ago: So I recently learned that The Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 will soon be pas … 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 →
A shadow constitutional convention
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wrote 1 year ago: From Eoin Daly (posted by Jane Suiter) 2012 marks the 75th anniversary of our Constitution. The pres … more →
How to involve citizens in the process of political reform
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wrote 1 year ago: Posted by David Farrell (January 24, 2012) In an interesting piece in today’s Irish Times (see here) … more →
A new book on 'the second Republic'
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wrote 1 year ago: Posted by David Farrell (November 1, 2011) Here’s the link for the new book by Peadar Kirby an … more →
Changing framework for a new civic Republic
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wrote 1 year ago: The left wing think tank Tasc yesterday released a series of essays. One was written anonymously all … more →
Internet Win - Wikipedia entry on 'Citizens' Assembly'
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wrote 1 year ago: I recall studying the Enlightenment in West European history and being fascinated by Diderot’s … more →
So, what's next?
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wrote 1 year ago: Post by David Farrell (August 13, 2011) As reported in earlier posts on this blog, this government h … more →
According to Minister Howlin political reform is still high on the agenda
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wrote 1 year ago: post by David Farrell (July 11, 2011) It’s a pity that the media gave scant if any coverage to … more →
2nd Republic - Designing A Citizen Assembly
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wrote 1 year ago: By Oliver Moran A surprising aspect of the debate on political reform over the past few months is th … more →
What is a Citizens' Assembly?
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wrote 2 years ago: Posted by Elaine Byrne The editors of this website, Elaine Byrne, David Farrell, Eoin O’Malley … more →
Answering questions, or questioning answers – where does the debate go from here?
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wrote 2 years ago: by: Matt Wall. This post is in response to Elaine’s ‘10 proposals for political reform’. It seems t … more →
MY TEN PROPOSALS FOR POLITICAL REFORM
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wrote 2 years ago: Posted by Elaine Byrne MY TEN PROPOSALS FOR POLITICAL REFORM Detailed information on rationale for p … more →
