Public Affairs
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‘A thundering disgrace’: The resignation which saved the presidency
October 2026 marks 50 years since the resignation of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh as President of Ireland. Joshua Murray looks back…
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Party conference season in the North
Three of the North’s five largest parties held their conferences in September 2026, with the DUP and UUP outlining their…
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The elections which could shape the Middle East
In late-October and early-November 2026, voters in Israel and the United States respectively will head to the polls, with the…
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How violence is eroding access to politicians
The accessibility that historically typified Irish politics is disappearing as politicians ramp up security measures and make themselves less accessible…
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TRADE UNION DESK: Who is the AI transformation serving?
Governments, AI companies, and policy analysts seem at odds about what exactly the scale and nature of AI’s impact on…
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Political Platform: Sorca Clarke TD
Sorca Clarke is a Sinn Féin TD for Longford-Westmeath having been first elected to the Dáil in 2020. She discusses…
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Minister books a flight to ‘la la land’ with plan to remove passenger cap
Oisín Coghlan analyses what the removal of the Dublin Airport passenger cap means for the State’s climate goals. The Oireachtas…
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Mol an óige: Senator Nicole Ryan
Nicole Ryan is a 33-year-old Sinn Féin Senator on the Administrative Panel. She talks with Gareth Hamill about her drug…
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Nigel Farage and Ireland: A messy relationship
Between his Irish great-grandmother, friendly relations with the Sinn Féin president, campaigning against the Lisbon Treaty, saying “one day there…
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Trust in the news falls
Overall trust in the news in Ireland “has fallen sharply”, but remains higher than in the UK, US, and Europe,…
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