Niall Duggan, Author at PSAI

CO-EDITOR POSITION OPEN FOR IRISH POLITICAL STUDIES

CO-EDITOR POSITION OPEN FOR IRISH POLITICAL STUDIES Irish Political Studies (IPS) is still seeking expressions of interest in a co-editor position, tenable for three years from 2021. The PSAI has extended the deadline on this search to 31 January 2021. A specialist background in the politics of Northern Ireland would be an advantage, while editorial experience and a clear […]

Wanted-PSAI Blog Manager

Wanted-PSAI Blog Manager The Political Studies Association Ireland are looking for an enthusiastic person (or persons) who would agree to curate the PSAI Blog-“Irish Politics Forum-a PSAI blog for the discussion of politics, policy and political reform”. The blog curator would be co-opted onto the PSAI Executive Committee, and otherwise supported by the PSAI. […]

Teaching politics during the pandemic: experiences, opportunities and challenges

Teaching and Learning in Politics Specialist Group Teaching politics during the pandemic: experiences, opportunities and challenges Friday 29th January 20201 10am- 12pm online 10am Intro and welcome Chair Dr Clodagh Harris (UCC) 10.10 Broad experiences of online teaching Dr Catherine O’Mahony, Director of CIRTL 10.30 Disciplines Inquiring into Societal Challenges – Inclusive Engagement (TBC) Discussion 11.10 […]

‘Basic Income: Possibilities, Practicalities, Controversies’, Nov 29, 2019, 2-5pm, Geary Institute, UCD. Basic income is one of the most powerful yet also controversial political ideas of recent decades. Having broken out of the realm of political theory, it has taken hold in the public and political imagination as a potential way of reducing inequality and […]

PSAI Book Launch “Peace, Security and Defence Cooperation in Post-Brexit Europe. Risks and Opportunities”, Cornelia-Adriana Baciu and John Doyle, (Eds.) Springer (ISBN 978-3-030-12417-5). The book highlights the challenges and prospects of European security cooperation and counterfactually assesses the impact of Brexit on strategic aspects of security, peace, defence and foreign policy for both the European Union […]

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Referendums are not the problem – its the Constitution . . . . 12/03/2024
By Ken Carty, The University of British Columbia. Well over a decade ago now Theresa Reidy posted a blog comment asking “Referendums in Ireland, how many more can we take?” Rather than addressing the numerical question head on she went on to note how ineffective the process was as a mechanism for democratic policy-making. Few…
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Post referendum reflections 10/03/2024
By Michael Gallagher 1. Previous post didn’t contain a prediction, but did observe that there were many considerations that could lead electors to a No vote while the benefits of a Yes outcome were uncertain and contested. Margin of defeat for the two proposals has taken everyone by surprise. 2. Many of the Yes advocates…
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The outcome of the March 2024 referendums 06/03/2024
By Michael Gallagher So, the nation is (far from) convulsed by the two referendums that will take place on Friday, the ‘family amendment’ and the ‘care amendment’. (Of course, these could be seen as merely the warm-up before the really big referendum of the year, the eagerly-awaited vote on the Unified Patent Court that’s due…
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The Cost of Doing Politics in Ireland: A Survey of Politicians’ Experiences of Political Violence 26/02/2024
This blog marks the launch of preliminary results from a national survey of candidates on the topic of political violence in the Republic of Ireland. The survey was carried out by Fiona Buckley (UCC), Lisa Keenan (TCD), and Mack Mariani (Xavier University), and is part of the cross-national The Cost of Doing Politics: Gender Aspects…
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My Word! ‘Preferendum’… et Maintenant le Préférendum 06/10/2023
By Peter Emerson, Director of the de Borda Institute. Ireland’s contributions to the development of the world’s democratic structures have not been many… and not always positive. In 1818, the first dictator to get 100% in a referendum when he became El Supremo is Chile was the Irishman, Bernardo O’Higgins. Thus he put into second…
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Why is it so difficult to provide maternity leave for TDs and Senators? 15/09/2023
Sinéad McMahon is a student on the Master’s in Gender, Politics and International Relations programme at University College Dublin. This post is based on the findings of her final-year dissertation, which was undertaken as part of the BSc Government and Political Science degree at University College Cork. The provision of maternity leave for Oireachtas members…
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Constituencies review 2023: the bigger picture 01/09/2023
By Michael Gallagher Lots of well-informed fine-grained analysis around of the constituency review published earlier this week by the Electoral Commission (EC). On the bigger picture, 4 points. 1. EC had no option but to respect the legislation, but regrettable that that specifies that all constituencies must be in range of 3–5 seats. Academic consensus…
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Book launch: A People Under Siege: The Unionists of Northern Ireland, From Partition to Brexit and Beyond by Aaron Edwards 13/07/2023
Professor Arthur Aughey and author Dr. Aaron Edwards at the book launch The launch of A People Under Siege: The Unionists of Northern Ireland, From Partition to Brexit and Beyond took place at No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast on 15 June 2023. Remarks were made by the Publisher at Merrion Press, Conor Graham, who said that the…
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Living Amidst Conflict and Insecurity Workshop, University of Galway 23/05/2023
By Dr. Sarah Jenkins (University of Galway) Yuliang Lu (UCD), Marianna Espinos Blasco (UCD) and Caitríona Dowd (DCU) engage in a panel on gender, race, and sexualities in peace and conflict chaired by Niall Ó Dochartaigh (University of Galway). Dr Sarah Jenkins (University of Galway) welcomes participants The School of Political Science and Sociology at…
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Book launch: Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection in EU Law. A Law, Policy and Technology Analysis by Dr. Maria Grazia Porcedda (TCD) 18/05/2023
The launch of Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection in EU Law. A Law, Policy and Technology Analysis by Dr. Maria Grazia Porcedda and published by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury, took place at the Senior Common Room of Trinity College Dublin on April 19th 2023. The book launch was supported by the PSAI’s Book…
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