Michael Smith interviews RTÉ’s Europe Editor Tony Connelly about his new book, ‘Brexit & Ireland’.
Enda Kenny
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There is this extraordinary conjunction of interest between the legal profession and parliament. Lawyers in Ireland play a very active part in the political system. In 2010 there were 16 barristers and solicitors in Dáil Eireann – ten percent of the total. There are strong historical associations between the professions of politics and the law. […]
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Party climate poopers
To say that environmental issues didn’t have much of an impact on Election 2016 would be a bit like observing that feminism hasn’t exactly been the defining feature of Donald Trump’s exciting US presidential run. The topic was completely ignored in the botched opening Leaders’ Debate on TV3, and again, on RTÉ’s seven-way debate the […]
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Village Idiot February 2016
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Village’s 2012 list: Party politicians, international economic overseers and people who have earned respect. We asked an informed and not unrepresentative group to contribute a list of who they think are the most influential people in Ireland; and to rank them.