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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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