*Scapular: Religious cloth image or text worn under clothing Author: Anne Burke, Student at DCU Peer Mental Health Support. Why did Ireland choose the second most expensive and one of the worst healthcare system in the developed world? “We have chosen to have the second most expensive, and one of the worst healthcare systems in… Continue reading Subjugation, the Scalpel and the Scapular
Rights Based Principles: Protecting Free Elections and Free Expression in Irish Policy Responses to Fake News Online Author: Ethan Shattock, PhD Candidate at Maynooth University Free Elections and Free Expression in a Digital Democracy As a “cornerstone of democracy”, elections facilitate collective decision making by citizens. Katz describes elections as "the institutional framework for… Continue reading Rights Based Principles: Protecting Free Elections and Free Expression in Irish Policy Responses to Fake News Online
Author: Liran Pang Liran Pang is a PhD student working on competition law at Durham University, UK, and now she is doing her research on unilateral anticompetitive conducts in two-sided markets. Her research mainly focuses on practices in the EU and the US, but she also keeps an eye on global markets, in particular on her home… Continue reading How Should European Merger Policy Respond to Global Competition? The Siemens/Alstom Merger Case.
The biggest achievement of DLPR for this academic year was organising, hosting and chairing the Great European Elections Debate on 17 May 2019. The debate took place in the DCU Solas Room of the new student centre. The event was organised in close collaboration with ELSA and DCU ThisTimeImVoting. It was our great honour to… Continue reading The Great European Election Debate
In the “Political Profile Series” we will be asking candidates running for the European Parliament a series of questions to discover who they are and what they stand for. The next guest is Gary Gannon The running candidate for the Social Democrats also known as "the man with the beard". We have asked him your questions during… Continue reading Political Profile Series: Garry Gannon
In the “Political Profile Series” we will be asking candidates running for the European Parliament a series of questions to discover who they are and what they stand for. The next guest is: Alex White the running candidate for Labour who align themselves with the Party of European Socialists. We met him in Europe House to ask… Continue reading Political Profile Series: Alex White
In the “Political Profile Series” we will be asking candidates running for the European Parliament a series of questions to discover who they are and what they stand for. The second guest was Ciarán Cuffe! He is the running candidate for the Green Party. He was asked his opinion on climate change, vaccinations, and many more topics.… Continue reading Political Profile Series: Ciarán Cuffe
