Public Affairs
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Proposal for further northern Oireachtas representation voted down
A recent proposal to grant standing invitee status to northern MPs and MLAs, allowing them to sit on Oireachtas committees…
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TRADE UNION DESK Priorities for Budget 2023
Real incomes and living standards will fall for most households in 2022, writes Tom McDonnell, Co-Director of the Nevin Economic…
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Meet the media: Flor MacCarthy
Flor MacCarthy is an award-winning author and journalist whose first book The Presidents Letters: An Unexpected History of Ireland was…
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Political Platform Josepha Madigan TD
First elected to represent Dublin Rathdown in Dáil Éireann in 2016, Fine Gael’s Josepha Madigan TD was re-elected in 2020,…
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Need for rapid emission reductions can no longer be ignored
The sectoral targets are the first step in government delivering a system-wide, transformational decline in polluting emissions, outlines Bríd Walsh,…
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The Protocol, the next British Prime Minister, and prospects for Irish unity
The next leader of the Conservative Party will be announced on 5 September 2022. That person, Liz Truss or Rishi…
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TRADE UNION DESK The State’s hands-off approach to childcare must end
All European welfare systems were originally built around the assumption that women are full-time caregivers in the home while men…
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Pedestrianisation: European case studies
As the pedestrianisation of certain streets in Dublin city centre progresses, eolas examines examples of cities that are both partially…
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REPowerEU: Speeding up the transition
A planned €210 billion investment by the European Commission aiming to wean the EU off Russian fossil fuels by 2027…
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Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2022
The Northern Ireland Assembly Election in May 2022 was historic for a number of reasons but none more so than…
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