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The Inexorable Rise of the Pandemic State? Second-Guessing the long-term political repercussions of COVID 19 18/03/2020
(all images from Wikipedia/open source unless otherwise attributed) By Dr. Brendan Flynn (NUI Galway)* When COVID-19 ends as a pandemic, what will be the political repercussions? Will there be lasting consequences for states and their relationships with citizens, markets or societies more generally? How about the following as suggestions? Western states will for the…
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Where are the Irish-Black and Irish-Polish TDs? Ethnic minorities in the Dáil 13/03/2020
Image open sources from wikipedia Taoiseach Leo Vradkhar is notable for his Indian background, but how many other Irish politicians have an ethnic minority background? Dr. Stephan Köppe All started with a short Twitter post, where I just wondered how the increasing ethnic diversity of Ireland is reflected in the composition of the current…
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TDs, Parties, and the 33rd Dáil 12/02/2020
By Ken Carty University of British Columbia In a recent post I suggested that the evolution of the party system, and the dynamics of local constituency competition, had deprived Irish voters of any realistic capacity to choose their governments. Recent Dála have been full of politically insecure TDs, many at electoral odds with fellow partisans in…
Eoin O'Malley
The Transfers Game in Election 2020: How critical were lower preferences in determining the result? 11/02/2020
Election 2020 has resulted in seismic shifts in the Irish political landscape. The outgoing minority government has seen significant losses, and Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have achieved their lowest combined share of votes and seats ever. Sinn Fein has surged and is now the most popular party in the state, while the Greens have…
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…but how come no one saw it coming? 07/02/2020
The likely sharp uptick in support for Sinn Féin and the possible decline in support for both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael should pose a few questions for Irish political scientists, not least… Why did no one see the Sinn Féin rise come? The bad answer is that we’re not in the business of prediction.…
Eoin O'Malley