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2020 political standing of the Irish government, and coalition with the green party
Ireland’s general election took place on 8 February 2020. Irish society has undergone intense social, economic, and demographic changes...
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2014 Tax Loopholes Closed, EU Pressure and Impact on Multinationals and Corporations.
In early June in 2014, the European Union moved to close a loophole that allowed multinational companies to lower their tax bills by...
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Irish Social Law Reforms
In just one generation, the attitude of people in Ireland towards homosexuality has drastically changed: from considering homosexuality...
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2010: Ireland’s appeal to the EU and the IMF
Like much of the world, the 2008 financial crisis greatly affected Ireland and its economy. Employment levels were at their lowest, only...
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What was the cause of Ireland's Rapid Economic Growth?
From 1994 - 2007, Ireland underwent the Celtic Tiger period, coined by Kevin Gardiner, which referred to the period of rapid economic...
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1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement & Creation of the Northern Assembly
The Belfast Agreement, also known as the Good Friday Agreement due to its signing on Good Friday, 10th April 1988, is a multilateral...
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20th Century Anti Irish Sentiment
Irish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were once understood as one of the main victims of British colonial...
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The Troubles
The Troubles, despite lasting only thirty years, were undeniably instrumental in provoking lasting change in Ireland; irrevocably...
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Ireland Act 1949
To gain a deeper understanding of the 1949 Ireland Act and its significance, one must begin by examining the historical context. The...
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The Irish Civil War 1922
The Irish Civil War lasted between 1922 and 1923, it was a conflict between Irish nationalists regarding the contentious Anglo-Irish...
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Irish War of Independence 1919-1921
In December 1918, republican party Sinn Fein decisively won the Irish vote in the General Election, taking 73 seats out of 105. They...
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Easter Rising, Irish Republican Brotherhood, breakdown of the Rising/ Proclamation of the Republic.
The Proclamation of 1916 contained core ideas which represented the authors looking back to a series of different moments in the past....
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Irish Home Rule
The Government of Ireland Act which is more widely known as the Home Rule Act was passed by the UK Parliament in 1914, it was the third...
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1885 Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, Irish Unionist Party (1896)
In Dublin in 1885, the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, renamed the Irish Unionist Party in 1896, was formed. At the time, there was...
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1879-1881: Irish Land War and Gladstone’s Land Act
The Land Wars were a series of protests and periods of agitation led by the Irish Land League against landlords from 1879-1880. For many...
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Why is it argued that the Irish famine was a genocide?
Whether or not to classify the Great Irish Famine as a genocide is a complex and controversial question and cannot be answered in so...
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The 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act
The 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act, or the Roman Catholic Relief Act, is often regarded as a ‘U-turn’ made by a Tory government. It is...
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Impact of the Act of Union 1800
In 1800, the Act of Union legally united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great...
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853 Years On: Why is the Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland Still Relevant?
It has been 853 years since the invasion of Ireland by Anglo-Norman Lords,[1] sanctioned by the King of England at the time, Henry II....
The Impact of French Colonisation on Vietnamese Culture
Vietnam is a small country in south-east Asia enriched with a beautiful culture very different to our own in the western world. One major...
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