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Neighbourhood of strangers: AirBNB and the commodification of housing
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Neighbourhood of strangers: AirBNB and the commodification of housing

by Ryan Ó Giobúin on Sep 17, 2018 • No Comments
Figures published by the Department of Housing this month indicate that the number of homeless people in Ireland has reached the 10,000 mark. Responding to the escalating figures, Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy said that current housing policies ‘were working’, but that the nature of the housing crisis meant it...
Not only the Rich: A Case for Fees
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Not only the Rich: A Case for Fees

by Ryan Ó Giobúin on Feb 23, 2018 • No Comments
The evolving demands of the labour market, coupled with a policy push toward the creation of a ‘Knowledge Economy’, has led to the increasing expectation and prerequisite of a third level degree in the Irish jobs market. With the majority of Irish students pursuing a third level education on completion...
The EU and the Globalization Trilemma
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The EU and the Globalization Trilemma

by Ryan Ó Giobúin on Sep 16, 2017 • No Comments
In his work The Crisis of the European Union (2012 – reviewed for society.ie here), Habermas argued for the uncoupling of democratic procedure from the sovereign state, on the grounds that the power of nation states to control the forces that substantially govern the lives of their citizens (market forces,...
Recovery, Growth and Politics: An Ocean Apart
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Recovery, Growth and Politics: An Ocean Apart

by George Mircia on Jul 24, 2017 • No Comments
The end of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017 have been rather good periods for financial markets worldwide, with Trump’s election gave investors new promises and hopes, with deregulation, investments in infrastructure and energy projects at the top of the list
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Ugly Carnival for the Beautiful Game
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Ugly Carnival for the Beautiful Game

by Ryan Ó Giobúin on Jun 16, 2014 • No Comments
The World Cup has arrived. The colour, the pride, the expectation of great things from 22 men on a pitch: it is why we call it the beautiful game! Yet this World Cup, the most expensive in history, has been marred by controversy. Brazil 2014 is not an isolated case. Sport events are no longer merely...
PR-STV and electoral reform in the Republic of Ireland
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PR-STV and electoral reform in the Republic of Ireland

by Ruairi Maguire on Jun 8, 2014 • No Comments
The character of high politics in the Republic of Ireland has, as a consequence of the cluster of crises and controversies around the first decade of this century, come under a degree of impeachment. Central to the claims of its accusers is the notion that Irish legislators are not sufficiently national in their outlook, preferring...

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