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Damn the Consequences?

Martin O’Donnell explores the recent controversies surrounding parliamentary privilege and assesses how far the privilege should extend

Leaders’ Questions is usually something of a theatrical affair in the Dáil. Like its counterpart in the UK, Prime Minister’s Question Time, it has an element of “Punch and Judy” to it, although perhaps without the rowdiness of our British

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The Many Faces of Stephen Donnelly

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Independent beginnings

‘He had argued in late 2014 that there was a need for new political parties, as the “traditional parties” had led Ireland “to the abyss”’

Stephen Donnelly entered the Irish political scene to the surprise of many in …

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Back to our Futures

Medical student Martin O’Donnell examines what drives people’s decisions around the CAO, why high-point achievers are pushed towards Medicine, and why we need to rethink our current paradigms

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“Students should be encouraged to think critically about what they want in life”

The Leaving Cert holds a special place in Irish society. The media has a morbid fascination with it, expressed in supplement after supplement in newspapers and with …