Democracy
# democracy - Monday 15 April, 2013
Chavez heir wins Venezuela vote – but opposition refuses to concede
Nicolas Maduro, who had been acting president since the death of Hugo Chavez, won 50.66 per cent of the vote last night.
# democracy - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Here is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: RTE stars confused by Pope’s message of humility, and Office of Public Works ‘may never know’ the source of the Cork floods.
# democracy - Thursday 7 February, 2013
TDs question lack of debate on promissory notes
Deputies Micheál Martin and Peadar Tóibín both criticised the lack of facility for debate on the issue in the Dáil today.
Column: Secrecy has led to shameful practices in Ireland – whistle-blower law is needed now
If the economic downturn has taught us anything, it is the importance of exposing systemic wrong doing, writes Louise Bayliss.
# democracy - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Bhutto son launches political career
First major public speech made on fifth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto’s death.
# democracy - Monday 24 December, 2012
Egypt awaits referendum results as opposition cries fraud
Opponents to the new constitution have said it will weaken human rights, particularly women’s rights and undermine the independence of the judiciary.
# democracy - Friday 7 December, 2012
Obama tells Egypt he is ‘deeply concerned’ over protest deaths
The US president told Mohamed Morsi that he was worried about the deaths of protesters in Egypt in recent days.
Column: They promised an end to stroke politics – has it worked out that way?
Gary Murphy looks at Ireland’s history of ‘stroke politics’ and asks: should we simply accept that this is the way things will always work?
# democracy - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Poll: Should the voting age be lowered to 17?
The Constitutional Convention, kicking off today, is to consider lowering the minimum voting age. What would you do?
# democracy - Friday 23 November, 2012
Egypt: Protests rage as Morsi promises democracy
Morsi opponents began a one-week sit-in in Tahrir Square and called for a mass protest on Tuesday.
# democracy - Monday 19 November, 2012
Obama visits Aung San Suu Kyi at home, calls for more reform
Barack Obama has become the first sitting US President to visit the country.
# democracy - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
New political party ‘Direct Democracy Ireland’ launched in Dublin
The new party aims for Ireland’s political system become direct democracy rather than a representative democracy.
# democracy - Sunday 28 October, 2012
Seanad abolition: Where do the parties stand?
The government has committed to abolishing the upper house but where do the parties stand on whether it should stay or go? We asked them and here is what they told us…
# democracy - Saturday 27 October, 2012
Aaron McKenna: The Constitution is ours – so why aren’t we writing it?
Real people power would look very different to this fiction of engagement.
# democracy - Friday 21 September, 2012
Constitutional Convention aims to begin discussions next month
132 members of the public have been identified to participate – 66 of whom will be direct substitutes for the others.
# democracy - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi awarded with the US Congress’ highest civilian honour
Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has been presented with the US Congress’ highest civilian honour – which she was awarded while under house arrest in 2008.
# democracy - Friday 14 September, 2012
How does the new public petitions system work?
The new system will allow citizens to get their issues “into the centre of parliament” – here’s more on how it works.
# democracy - Monday 20 August, 2012
Burma’s government ends direct media censorship
Under the new rules, journalists will no longer have to submit their work to state censors before publication.
# democracy - Sunday 15 July, 2012
Clinton urges Egypt to commit to “strong democracy”
Clinton met with the country’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, this weekend, as well as other prominent Egyptians.
# democracy - Saturday 30 June, 2012
Annan warns ‘history will judge’ the world’s failure on Syria
The former UN chief has convened a meeting of foreign ministers to try and broker a deal on Syria – but it’s looking unlikely.
# democracy - Friday 22 June, 2012
Fine Gael TD calls for elections and referenda to be held at weekends
Alan Farrell wants polling days to be held on Saturdays or Sundays in order to prevent school disruptions and allow for more people to vote.
# democracy - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Video: Aung San Suu Kyi making speech in Dublin
See the video from within Bord Gáis Energy Theatre where she paid tribute to Ireland’s highlighting of her case.
# democracy - Saturday 16 June, 2012
21 years later: Aung San Suu Kyi accepts Nobel Peace Prize
The Burmese pro-democracy campaigner finally delivered her Nobel Lecture in Oslo this afternoon.
# democracy - Thursday 31 May, 2012
What effect might the turnout have on the Fiscal Compact referendum?
Voting started slowly today… but does it ultimately matter? Here are the lessons learned from our previous referendums…
Where’s my polling station? Do I need ID? How to cast your vote today
Ireland’s 3.13 million registered voters have the opportunity to cast their votes in hundreds of polling stations across Ireland’s 43 constituencies today.
# democracy - Monday 28 May, 2012
PHOTOS: People living on Donegal islands go to the polls
Some of the 750 voters on the islands off the Donegal coast cast their ballots in the referendum today, three days before the rest of the country.
# democracy - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
Egypt goes to the polls in first post-Mubarak election
Millions of Egyptians have been queuing to vote today, less than two weeks before Mubarak is due to be sentenced.
# democracy - Sunday 20 May, 2012
Explainer: Does Dublin need a directly-elected mayor and how likely is it?
It has been suggested for years, it even came close to happening two years ago but what chance a Boris Johnson or a Micheal Bloomberg for Dublin and Ireland’s other cities. TheJournal.ie investigates…
# democracy - Monday 23 April, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi boycotts Burma’s parliament over oath
Meanwhile, the EU has announced lifting sanctions against Burma after year of political reform.
# democracy - Saturday 21 April, 2012
Japan to forgive €2.8 billion of Burma’s debt
Japan is to take steps to forgive about 300 billion yen (€2.8 billion) of Burma’s debt and resume development aid in a bid to support democratic and economic reforms in the country.
# democracy - Monday 2 April, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi claims victory in Burma election
The long-persecuted opposition leader could be set to take office in the isolated country for the first time.
# democracy - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
President warns of democratic and intellectual crises
Michael D Higgins told the audience at the LSE that if Ireland had retained some of the elements of its national revival, the economic collapse may not be as bad as it is.
# democracy - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
Mugabe says he is “fit as a fiddle” and compares himself to Jesus
The Zimbabwean president, speaking on his 88th birthday, also gave tips on how to live a long life.
# democracy - Sunday 19 February, 2012
Column: Politicians can’t fix Ireland – ordinary people must take the lead
The financial crisis was sparked by a broken system. If we’re going to fix this we can’t leave it up to politicians, write Bronagh Geraghty and John Hughes.
# democracy - Wednesday 15 February, 2012
Syria sets date for referendum on draft constitution
Read President Assad’s rambling statement on the future of the country. Plus, rare non-government images from inside Syria.
# democracy - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
Column: Don’t trust the government? Then let’s put local people in power
Call them gombeens if you want – but handing money and power to local councils would help fix our democracy, writes Aaron McKenna.
# democracy - Monday 13 February, 2012
TDs play down report of possible ‘email filter’
TDs have dismissed newspaper suggestions that they are looking at ways of blocking some emails from the public.
# democracy - Monday 30 January, 2012
Varadkar: Referendums are not “very democratic”
He’s not a fan.
# democracy - Wednesday 18 January, 2012
Column: Ireland has moved on, and we need a new Constitution
When Ireland reframes its founding document it must be for everyone, not just politicians – writes Labour TD Dominic Hannigan.
# democracy - Monday 16 January, 2012
The story behind the giant banner on St Stephen’s Green
You may have seen the picture of Abdulhadi Al Khawaja – but do you know why a three-storey-high banner of him is hanging from a building in the centre of Dublin?
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