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140 Days: With government formation taking longer, do we need a guide? 06/07/2020
It took an unprecedented 140 Day for the Irish government to be formed. Does this suggest we need some mechanism to speed up the process?* While it is always theoretically possible to form a majority coalition, the level of fragmentation in the Irish party system in 2020 was at a record high. The effective number…
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Where should we “Park” the Taoiseach? 29/05/2020
Stewards Lodge on the grounds of the Farmleigh Estate, the Phoenix Park, Dublin.Source: Wikipedia/ By Mary C. Murphy, University College Cork * Unlike many other countries around the world, the Irish state does not provide an official residence for its Head of Government. Recently however, it was revealed that current Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his…
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How to resolve the ongoing government formation impasse-how about a Matrix Vote on it? 07/04/2020
(above an example of possible Matrix ballot paper used to determine cabinet formation) By Peter Emerson of the the De Borda institute Because of Covid-19 we need not only to “totally re-imagine economics,” (to quote the Irish Times -Sat 28th), but also to “totally re-imagine politics.” In a recent Irish Times edition, Prof. Sam McClonkey…
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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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