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Seanad, Scrutiny and the Future of the Oireachtas

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If our Government believes in true political reform over reaching for the cookie jar of populist ideas, then it will want to offer Irish citizens a real political alternative on referendum day: either a) abolish the Seanad or b) reform the Seanad according to pre-drafted legislative framework. That would be a referendum worth holding. The only obstacle in its way that I can see is that it might require more critical thinking than the simplistic solution proposed by this Government.

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Good news for conscientious objection

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Senator Rónán Mullen together with the Chairperson of the European Peoples’ Party at the Council of Europe, Luca Volonte, led the way in pushing through 29 amendments to a report which initially intended to severely restrict the right of medical staff to refuse to participate in procuring an abortion, but which in the end was transformed into a resolution affirming the right to conscientiously object to abortion. The report was widely expected to carry in its original form.

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Incentivising Maths: do the arguments add up?

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Economic growth is vital given the devastating effects sudden mass unemployment is having on Irish people and Irish society. But will the Minister’s plan concerning bonus points for maths actually make a difference?

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