irish politics Archives – The College View

Anti-Refugee protests reject far-right ties despite strong connections

January 18, 2023

Traffic came to a standstill last Thursday in Dublin city after multiple anti-refugee protests were held around the city. These anti-refugee protests have sparked much backlash from political figures, local communities and national media. During

Student nurses to receive pandemic recognition payment

February 2, 2022

Leo Varadkar announced, towards the end of last month, that all frontline health and ambulance workers are eligible for the tax-free €1000 payment. Student nurses and midwives are included in the cohort who are eligible

Can we trust landlord TDs to vote for the people and not the paycheck?

November 24, 2021

How can the public trust TD’s to make the right decisions on the housing crisis when many TD’s are landlords themselves?

Is Reverse Voting the Answer to Electing a More Satisfactory Government?

September 30, 2015

Ryan McBride discusses whether or not reverse voting would be a suitable alternative to our current voting system.

DCU and democracy still the losers in Seanad ‘reform’

December 4, 2013

Steve Conlon on DCU and democracy being the losers in seanad reform and the need for real reform in the upper house.

What about the Seanad?

September 26, 2013

With just one week to go until we decide whether or not to keep one of our Houses of the Oireachtas, The College View looks at what exactly it is the Seanad does.

Expert Column – Politics matters

November 28, 2012

The Ireland of 2012 doesn’t look all that different to the Ireland of the mid 1980s when I was an undergraduate in the hallowed halls of UCC. Ireland today is mired in the midst of