- Right so, political reform then, only 9 hours to go!!
- RT @krayZpaving No wifi for guests (at all) and even 3g dongles barely work at Political Reform Conference in TCD. Poor form. #ipol #tcdfailby davidcochrane via twitter 6/22/2009 11:34:05 AM
- Policy oversight required - Article in Irish Times by Eoin O'Malley speaker at conference on political reform: http://bit.ly/RpMlT #ipolby chrismehigan via twitter 6/22/2009 11:34:07 AM
- #ipol nothing happening on the liveblog or ustream.by Fergal via twitter 6/22/2009 11:34:09 AM
- @Fergal #ipol is still quiet. Who said the revolution would be twitter-ized? (Apart from @Tupp_Ed and some Iranians.)by daraghobrien via twitter 6/22/2009 11:34:11 AM
- Sean Ardagh announces Dáil reform at #ipol conference. Dáil to sit 30 minutes earlier each day & some timetable shuffling. Wow.by keith_mar via twitter 6/22/2009 2:44:30 PM
- Sean Ardagh knocking them dead, I can see.
- @gavreilly government can decide virtually anything. Guaranteed majority.by keith_mar via twitter 6/22/2009 3:21:10 PM
- @spiller2 current gov't tend to announce things at press conferences rather than in the House.by keith_mar via twitter 6/22/2009 3:22:29 PM
- @krayZpaving Surely that's the kind of thing that only the house itself, or at the very least the Ceann Comhairle, is empowered to decide?by gavreilly via twitter 6/22/2009 3:27:55 PM
- @krayZpaving that really annoys me!! all should be announced in the Oireachtasby Stephen Spillane via twitter 6/22/2009 3:27:59 PM
- @gavreilly it's always the order of business proposed by the chief whip & passed by the House.by keith_mar via twitter 6/22/2009 3:40:49 PM
- @gavreilly I'm sure he was "indicating the government's intent"by keith_mar via twitter 6/22/2009 3:48:11 PM
- #ipol finishing up @krayzpaving is Ireland fixed now?by Simon McGarr via twitter 6/22/2009 5:16:19 PM
- @Tupp_Ed I don't think so.by keith_mar via twitter 6/22/2009 5:16:33 PM
- Either #ipol was so spellbinding that nobody remembered to tweet, or there was very little worth passing on.by Fergal via twitter 6/22/2009 6:01:14 PM
- Given the Discussants (?) identities, I expect #ipol ended with a unanimous motion that all was for the best in this, the best of all worldsby Simon McGarr via twitter 6/22/2009 6:06:45 PM
- #ipol nothing happening on the liveblog or ustream.by Fergal via twitter 6/22/2009 6:13:37 PM
- For some reason probably to do with deep-seated schadenfreude, I'm looking forward to reading the blogs assessing #ipol laterby faduda via twitter 6/22/2009 6:13:52 PM
- Genius! #ipol vid broadcast starts by telling us that we oughtn't attribute statements to particular speakers. http://url.ie/1w76by Simon McGarr via twitter 6/22/2009 6:31:08 PM
- Dude! We can all see you ! #ipolby Simon McGarr via twitter 6/22/2009 6:31:10 PM
- Just back from the Political Reform conference in TCD. Lots of interesting things discussed but unsure if any realistic changes will come.by astarmain via twitter 6/22/2009 6:40:13 PM
- dropped into d' #politicalreform conference in #tcd some v. good debate! http://short.ie/politicalreform failed to meet @davidcochrane tho!by karldeeter via twitter 6/22/2009 6:40:57 PM
- Some videos from the Conference coming up.
- That's Governance and Accountablility
Session 1: Governance and accountability
Chair: Dr. Elaine Byrne (Irish Times)
Presentation 1:
Prof. John Coakley (UCD) – Political culture in Ireland – where we can go from here?
Presentation 2:
Prof. Gary Murphy (DCU) – Interest groups, lobbying and the policy-making process: how best to promote transparency.
Discussant: Karen Coleman, Newstalk
Presentation 3:
Dr. Eoin O’Malley (DCU) The governmental system: fit for purpose?
Discussant: Mark Brennock, Director of Public Affairs at Murray Consultants - back from a political reform conference in TCD... not bad... www.politicalreform.ie for more infoby JohnReganUCD via twitter 6/22/2009 7:06:00 PM
- Good presentations this morning at the political reform conference organised by @ElaineByrne and others in TCD. http://politicalreform.ieby greenparty_ie via twitter 6/22/2009 7:06:02 PM
- Irish Political Reform Conference, TODAY. DAVIS Theatre, Arts Block TCD. PUBLIC WELCOME www.politicalreform.ieby ElaineByrne via twitter 6/22/2009 7:07:15 PM
- 11:30 – 1:00 Session 2: Elections and Electoral Systems
Chair: Matthew Wall (TCD PhD Scholar)
Presentation 1:Prof. Michael Marsh (TCD) – Do Elections do what we want them to do?
Discussant: Fionnan Sheehan, Political Editor Irish Independent
Presentation 2:Prof. Richard Sinnott (UCD) PRSTV – alternatives and impacts
Discussant: Dr. Garrett FitzGerald, Former Taoiseach - 2:00 – 3:30 Session 3: Parliament and Local Government
Chair: Jane Suiter (TCD PhD Scholar)
Presentation 1:
Dr. Liam Weeks/Dr. Aodh Quinlivan (UCC) Local Government – options for reform
Presentation 2:
Prof. Michael Gallagher (TCD) The Role of TDs in the political system
Presentation 3:
Dr. Muiris MacCarthaigh (IPA, Geary Institute, UCD) Oireachtas Reform
Discussants: Noel Whelan, Irish Times coloumnist.
Sean Ardagh TD, Chair of The Joint Committee on the Constitution
Open Discussion - notes that the PD's are big in Albania. I've been deployed to the Greek, Montenegro, Albanian border for the election.by ElaineByrne via twitter 6/25/2009 7:12:49 AM
- Mark Coughlan of Irish Election's round up. www.irishelection.com
