Conor Murphy in his victory speech last Friday, pointedly referred to his party’s campaign to gain entry to the Dail in some undefined capacity for at least some of the debates. He repeated it yesterday, and today Senan Hogan from PA Dublin has an interview with Michael McDowell, who dismisses the possiblity out of hand!
If you want to get a flavour of the proceedings at the Political Studies Association conference on its opening day, then the Storify collation below will bring you some of the images, tweets and sounds of the day. Particular highlights included: the Opening Plenary with David Blunkett, Peter Riddell and Matthew Flinders; and the late [...] read our review »
It is difficult to believe now that one country recently sent 19 delegations to Ireland to study how well our economy was managed. The revelation that our model of economic management featured positively in political and economic discussion in countries including Estonia, Greece and Scotland may also come as a surprise. As we survey the [...] read our review »