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citizens’ assemblies | The Irish Politics Forum
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The Irish Politics Forum. A PSAI blog for discussion of politics, policy and political reform. Tag Archives: citizens’ assemblies. Political reform proposals in the Programme for Government (update). May 11, 2016. Irish Citizens Decide: A Review of the Irish Convention on the Constitution. November 9, 2015. The Constitutional Convention should take some of the credit for the marriage referendum outcome. There are many people and organisations to credit for the outcome of the marriage referendum, not leas...
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Call for Papers – Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, Cork, 16-18 October 2015 | The Irish Politics Forum
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The Irish Politics Forum. A PSAI blog for discussion of politics, policy and political reform. Call for Papers – Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, Cork, 16-18 October 2015. May 18, 2015. Political Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2015. Gresham Metropole Hotel Cork, 16 18 October 2015. Voters and political Parties. Government, governance, regulation and policy making. Peace and conflict studies. Local government and administration. By 5 June 2015. Abstracts...
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Irish Polling Indicator: Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil gaining | The Irish Politics Forum
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The Irish Politics Forum. A PSAI blog for discussion of politics, policy and political reform. Irish Polling Indicator: Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil gaining. June 29, 2015. The Irish Polling Indicator. Independents and smaller parties are currently polling at 23%. While this represents a decline since the December 2014 peak of 29%, support for this group of parties and candidates has stabilised somewhat in the last couple of months. Moreover, the group is still winning as compared to the 2011 election ...Enter...
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Is that shorthand?: In the public interest
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Saturday, 22 October 2011. In the public interest. FOI: The reporter's friend? The freedom of information act (FOI) is a welcome tool for journalists, but using it to access records in certain cases can be a prolonged ordeal. If an original request is refused, and they often are, the appeal process can be tricky and take a long time with no guarantee of success. The department in this case was willing to receive representations from public representatives on behalf of third parties but was reluctant to m...
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Is that shorthand?: Benchmark
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Wednesday, 2 November 2011. Newspaper Man: Mark Tighe. During my last post on The Sunday Times' FOI request for records of politicians lobbying for barristers and solicitors to become judges, I mentioned the information released would be worthy of a blog post on its own. Mark Tighe, the ST journalist who broke the story, has now written one which. Mark Tighe's Newspaper Man post is here. Mark Tighe also wrote a Focus article in the ST on the appointment of judges. (Subscription required). I am the news e...
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Is that shorthand?: Fingers in every pie
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Thursday, 10 November 2011. Fingers in every pie. Our golf cup runneth over. This is a photograph of a photograph that has annoyed Pearse Doherty, the Sinn Fein TD. The ST featured the shot in a recent Atticus column, but I thought it was worth another mention here. Doherty believes it is "inappropriate to have somebody of the character of Michael Fingleton on the walls of Leinster House given the damage he has caused to the country". "It is well past time that this picture was taken down from its pe...
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Is that shorthand?: A long fight
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Thursday, 4 June 2015. So we have finally got to the stage where. Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI). Can declare the country an ". International leader" in transgender rights. P inknews.co.uk. Quotes TENI as saying the state has shown " great vision and conviction in ensuring the rights of trans people". The organisation was responding to new legislation that will allow those. Wishing to change their gender on their birth certificate to do so without medical evidence. He is right, but it took a...
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How_ I _will_live_my_life | Mel Clifford - Stories of the Day
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How I will live my Life. Write your own Book. Mel Clifford – Stories of the Day. Taking personal responsibility for the changes you want to make. How I will live my Life. Write your own Book. Changing the Way I Am. Second book of poetry composed by Mel Clifford. Additional poems kindly provided with the permission of the authors. Poems written from four generations of family poets. Kindle eBook on Amazon ONLY - Launch very soon. The Adventures of Doc Higgins. Poetry Just for You. To be released soon :.
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Is that shorthand?: October 2011
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Saturday, 22 October 2011. In the public interest. FOI: The reporter's friend? The freedom of information act (FOI) is a welcome tool for journalists, but using it to access records in certain cases can be a prolonged ordeal. If an original request is refused, and they often are, the appeal process can be tricky and take a long time with no guarantee of success. The department in this case was willing to receive representations from public representatives on behalf of third parties but was reluctant to m...
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