The overwhelming majority of countries and their political landscapes essentially boil down to political ideology between the more progressively inclined left-wing and the traditional leaning right-wing. However, Irish political history is a little more complicated. It is not driven by…
Joe Biden has Irish roots U.S. president-elect, Joe Biden, has spoken about his Irish heritage on numerous occasions. Biden can trace his Irish roots back to both the Blewitts from County Mayo and the Finnegans from County Louth. His great-great…
Joe Biden is set to be sworn in later today as the 46th president of the United States. The events leading up to this historic moment have been some of the most controversial and dramatic in living memory. Tensions were…
Recognised as being the mind behind some of the most substantial political developments in late twentieth century Northern Ireland, John Hume is not only regarded as an architect of the Northern Ireland peace process, but is widely considered one the…
The Italian Government will change again in the next couple of months. 14 months after elections, the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte submitted his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella. The decision was taken after the collapse of the party’s coalition between…
Since the right-wing party won elections in Poland, the newspapers all over the Europe haven’t stopped making comments about social changes in the country. Firstly the new government tried to change the constitution, which undermines a democratic country. Secondly a…
The Trump presidency has raised controversy since he won the US election. Lately his government has announced a statement where the vice-president of Venezuela is accused of being involved in drug trafficking. Naturally the announcement increases strains and pressure between…
A meeting of the Citizens Assembly took place on Saturday the 15th at Dublin Castle where a decision was made to hold 4 meetings on the subject of restrictions set out by the constitution on abortion. After these meeting, a…
Are you missing an interesting political debate and discussion during your time in Ireland? Does the political climate of Latin America fascinate you? And are you interested in indigenous and minority rights? Then why not check out the Latin American…