17/04/2013
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM HAS HUGE POTENTIAL TO HAVE IMPACT Dr Eoin O’Malley, Lecturer in Irish Politics at School of Law & Government, DCU Since coming […]
13/03/2013
PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY FOR IRELAND Patrick Lenain, OECD [1] After four years of decisive efforts to reform and rebalance the economy, signs of a recovery […]
07/03/2013
MOVING FROM BLEAK FAILURE TO A BRIGHT FUTURE -CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES IN IRELAND Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children & Youth Affairs […]
07/03/2013
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE PUT OUR CHILDREN FIRST Norah Gibbons, Director of Advocacy, Barnardos On 28th September 1992, Ireland ratified the UN Convention on […]
07/03/2013
PUTTING THE CITIZEN AT THE CENTRE OF PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM AND TAMING THE VESTED INTERESTS Madeleine Clarke, Founding Director of Genio, former Deputy CEO, Barnardos […]
27/02/2013
THE SURVIVAL OF THE EURO REQUIRES FISCAL UNION AND MORE Professor Brigid Laffan, University College Dublin Introduction The global financial crisis posed a series of […]
25/02/2013
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM — THE BALANCE SHEET Patricia King, Vice-President, SIPTU A considerable amount of heat but not too much light has been generated […]
21/02/2013
NEED FOR CHANGE IN THINKING ON EUROPEAN FISCAL UNION Alan W. Gray, Chairman of London Economics, Managing Partner of Indecon Economic Consultants Introduction As we […]
21/02/2013
WE NEED A FEDERATION OF STATES BUILT ON DIVERSITY Lucinda Creighton TD, Minister of State for European Affairs The Eurozone crisis is complex, that’s no […]
21/02/2013
THE MEDIA HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DEMOCRACY Leo Varadkar TD, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport We have experienced massive upheaval in our economy with […]
18/02/2013
THE MEDIA — AT ONCE DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE Michael Heney, former RTE current affairs reporter/producer Macbeth said famously of life that it was…. […]
18/02/2013
THE ROLE OF QUALITY JOURNALISM IN OUR DEMOCRACY Kevin O’Sullivan, Editor, The Irish Times The perfect storm ‑ a sharp economic downturn in many countries […]
16/02/2013
TIMES WILL BE ROUGH BUT IRELAND WILL PULL THROUGH Professor Karl Whelan, School of Economics, University College Dublin I’ll first talk about debt and its […]
15/02/2013
WE MUST MOVE BEYOND CRISIS MANAGEMENT John Moran, Secretary-General, Department of Finance Developments in the Irish economy are, now more than ever, a key concern […]
13/02/2013
OUR SOCIETY NEEDS FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL REFORMS Micheál Martin TD, Leader of Fianna Fail I think it is important to begin with the simple statement that […]
13/02/2013
BAD GOVERNANCE BROUGHT US TO OUR KNEES John McGuinness TD, former Minister of State, Chairman Public Accounts Committee There can be no doubt that […]
13/02/2013
DRIVING A RADICALLY DIFFERENT PUBLIC SERVICE Dr Paul Haran, Principal of College of Business & Law UCD, former Secretary-General, Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment It […]
12/02/2013
THE DRIVE FOR MORE EFFECTIVE PUBLIC GOVERNANCE Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform None of us can escape from the challenges […]
11/02/2013
LOCAL GOVERNMENT – RIPE FOR GENUINE REFORM Dr Brid Quinn, University of Limerick As someone whose personal roots are in community development and whose professional […]
10/02/2013
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: NECESSITY OR DISTRACTION? John Coakley, School of Politics and International Relations UCD INTRODUCTION Since the onset of the economic crisis, and in particular […]