POLL/POBALBHREITH — Dáil Éireann SF: 34% (+3) FG: 20% (-2) FF: 15% (-1) SD: 6% (+1) LAB: 4% GP: 4% PBP-S: 3% (+1) AON: 1% (-1) INDs & Others: 13% (-1) +/- vs. 26 Aibreán/April 2023 Via RED C Research D: 19-24 Bealtaine/May 2023 S: N/A #Ireland #Poll

Cover reveal : I am delighted that my biography of John Hume entitled ‘The Persuader’ will be published by Gill Books later this year.

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How should unionism approach the conversations about constitutional change & talk of a #BorderPoll ? ⁦Mark Carruthers⁩ chats to ⁦Mark Devenport⁩ & ⁦Aaron Edwards⁩ #BBCRedLines podcast Listen on ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ 👇 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Congratulations to our new Member Katy Hayward, professor of Political Sociology at Queen's University Belfast 🎓. She was awarded a Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize for her work improving public understanding of the impact of #Brexit on the island of Ireland. bit.ly/RIAAD23?utm_so… #AdmittanceDay

Congratulations to our new Member Monica McWilliams monica mcwilliams Emeritus Professor of Women's Studies at Ulster University, Women's Coalition signatory to the #GoodFridayAgreement and former chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission #RIAAdmittanceDay Transitional Justice Institute bit.ly/RIAAD23

***Deadline*** fast approaching for the Newman Fellowship on Constitutional Futures UCD Centre for Peace and Conflict Research! Apply by Friday 30th June!

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📢 Nominations OPEN Nominations are open for the 2023 Mackenzie Book Prize! The prestigious PSA Mackenzie Prize honors the best political science book published in 2022. The deadline is 3 September 2023, 5pm BST. #PSAMackenzie psa.ac.uk/psa/news/nomin…

Congratulations to my friend Matthew G. O’Neill on the launch of his book, co-edited with Jonathan Carroll and Mark Williams: ‘The EU, Irish Defence Forces and Contemporary Security’. Not every book launch comes with words of praise from the Tánaiste, but very appropriate for this one.

📢 Nominations OPEN Nominations are open for the 2023 Mackenzie Book Prize! The prestigious PSA Mackenzie Prize honors the best political science book published in 2022. The deadline is 3 September 2023, 5pm BST. #PSAMackenzie psa.ac.uk/psa/news/nomin…

Many congrats to UCC Ireland's Theresa Reidy 🇺🇦 on the launch of 'Politics in the Republic of Ireland' (7th ed) in Belfast this evening. Theresa is co-editor with Eoin O'Malley, John Coakley and Michael Gallagher of this important text and a number of UCC Government & Politics Society have contributed chapters.

Years of progress at Belfast city hall reversed in a single evening. Political Studies Association of Ireland conference #PSAI23

As Jon Tonge notes here, the data from our Membership Survey of the Alliance Party will be covered this week by Suzanne Breen in Belfast Telegraph. We also analyse it in our book, due out in May. Key point here ⬇️: there remains no outright majority for either constitutional position

For anyone in the Cardiff area Friday 22 March, myself Jonathan Kirkup Dr Eleanor Leah Williams Niall Ó Dochartaigh will be discussing the NI peace process and politics 3pm-4.30pm. Free to attend - details including sign up and location are here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/reflections-…

If you try to sign up and it says sold out email me [email protected] and I’ll see if we can add you still to the list with capacity available at the venue.

Leo Varadkar stands down as Taoiseach

Varadkar steps down with 41% approval rating (Sunak is on 25%).

We are also working with the German (PSAGermany), Greek (GPSG Greek Politics) and Irish (PSA Irish Politics) Politics Specialist Groups on joint panels on mainstreaming and relations between ‘mainstream’ and ‘challenger’ parties”. More info below

Last Call to submit your abstract or panel proposal for the Political Studies Association of Ireland annual conference, hosted by TCD (October 18-20th). Send your proposals to [email protected] by July 20th 2024. For more information see: tcd.ie/Political_Scie…