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Women’s representation rises as Irish government loses election

By Leah Culhane Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: March 4, 2016

With the final results of the Irish general election now in, Leah Culhane considers the impact of gender quotas on male over-representation within the lower house. Following the onset of Ireland’s deep financial crisis, the dominating focus in the last two elections has been the need for substantive change. The ‘earthquake’ election of 2011 arguably marked […]

Tagged With: Dáil, feminism, Ireland, proportional representation, women's representation

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Devolution: it’s a constitutional issue

By Michael Moran Filed Under: Devo, Featured Posted: July 16, 2015

Government today is trying to create a ‘system’ of devolution from a legacy formed of a tacit constitution and Thatcherite centralism, explains Professor Michael Moran. Devolution – whether to the Celtic nations or within England – has many faces and raises many issues – of economy, identity and political strategy. But it is worth remembering […]

Tagged With: David Cameron, David Howell, devolution, DevoManc, First World War, George Osborne, Greater Manchester, Home Rule, Ireland, Jim Bulpitt, Karel Williams, Manchester, Margaret Thatcher, Sidney Low, the Conservative Party, the United Kingdom

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Policing marches and parades in Scotland: taking racism seriously?

Stephen Ashe By Stephen Ashe Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: July 9, 2015

From Easter to autumn, there are loyalist order and Irish Republican parades across Scotland. Stephen Ashe explores the policing of these processions, focusing on racism and sectarianism. In 2013, I was part of a research team commissioned by the Scottish Government to carry out research into the impact of public processions. In 2012, 34% of […]

Tagged With: Apprentice Boys of Derry, Brendan McGeever, Cairde na hÉirea, Ireland, Irish Republican, Islamaphobia, Miri Song, National Front, Orange Order, Police, Pride Scotia, Royal Black Institute, Satnam Virdee, Scotland, Scottish Defence League

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The quest for solidarity in a fractured Europe

By Tanja Müller Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: June 30, 2015

With conflict raging in Calais between lorry drivers and would-be migrants to the UK, Tanja Müller asks what happened to European solidarity. World Refugee Day 2015, on 20 June, coincided with a huge anti-austerity demonstration in London. This was narrowly concerned with the specific politics on the British Isles – politics that seems to become […]

Tagged With: Angus Robertson, Calais, Channel Tunnel, David Cameron, Denmark, European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Harriet Harman, Ireland, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, migrants, migration, refugees, World Refugee Day

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The Irish in Britain

By Liam Harte Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: May 12, 2015

 Liam Harte explains how his research into the Irish in Britain became the basis for a new play, which has just opened. The Irish Government published in March the country’s first official policy on diaspora issues. Global Irish: Ireland’s Diaspora Policy runs to 57 pages and is informed by over 130 submissions provided by organisations […]

Tagged With: Aisling Return to Ireland Project, Global Irish: Ireland's Diaspora Policy, Ireland, Irish, Irish diaspora, London Irish Centre, Manchester, Martin Lynch, My English Tongue: My Irish Heart, Safe Home Programme, The Literature of the Irish in Britain

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Plain packaging essential to save children from smoking-related deaths

By Peter Mackereth Filed Under: All posts, Featured Posted: April 7, 2015

In the last days of the old Parliament, MPs agreed that from May next year cigarettes may only be sold in plain packaging. Dr Peter Mackereth congratulates politicians for their willingness to stand up to the tobacco industry, but warns the companies are fighting back. Almost a quarter of children aged 11 to 15 in […]

Tagged With: Australia, children, Greater Manchester, Ireland, lung cancer, parliament, plain packaging, smoking, tobacco, tobacco companies

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How can you identify as Irish on the census if you are not white?

Lindsey Garratt By Lindsey Garratt Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: November 27, 2014

The census allows people to identify as Irish only if they are also white. What about the growing number of ethnic minority Irish?, asks Lindsey Garratt. When I moved to the UK from the Republic of Ireland in August 2012, I filled in an application to privately rent a house. The form contained a question […]

Tagged With: census, ethnic identity, Ireland, Irishness

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