Ireland goes to the polls on 24 October 2025 to elect a new President (well, the southern bit). With Michael D. Higgins ...

Dr Paul Gillespie directs the ‘Constitutional Futures after Brexit’ project in the School of Politics and International ...

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Fourth (or is it fifth?) times the charm it seems as London and Dublin have revealed their new framework to tackle the festering wound of legacy issues in Northern Ireland. We have of course been here ...

The DUP went back to the La Mon Hotel for the first time in nearly a decade. Several hundred delegates gathered as the party marks 18 months back in government and is gearing up for the 2027 Assembly ...

Outrage has become the dominant style of debate online, in politics, and even in everyday conversations, while complexity and nuance are often overlooked. The tone is full of absolutism and hyperbole, ...

As someone who has owned dogs all my life, and worked alongside service animals in professional and voluntary roles, I know first-hand the value, intelligence and sensitivity these animals bring. I ...

Jennifer Todd is a distinguished academic. She is a former professor in UCD’s School of Politics and International Relations; former director of UCD’s Institute for British-Irish Studies, and ...

Prior to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Mehmed, the Sultan of the Ottoman empire, paved the way for Byzantine/Roman collapse by erecting a fortress on the European side of the Bosphorus Straights ...

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