Is the Dragi Report Good for EU Citizens?
Paul Sweeney 17/02/2026
Is the Dragi Report Good for EU Citizens? The EU Commission appointed Mario Dragi to examine how the European economy might be kick-started to boost economic growth. The Dragi report was published in late 2024 running to almost 400 pages. Last week the leaders of all member states met for a big Summit in Belgium to discuss this report and how to …
Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism, Revisited
Nat O'Connor 16/02/2026
In 2017, I published a paper entitled Three Connections between Rising Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism. This has been my most cited …
25 Years of Change: Addiction Work in Dublin Through a Trauma Informed Lens
Passerose Mantoy 20/01/2026
If you walked into an addiction service 25 years ago – when I started working in Chrysalis CDP, a Dublin community drug project – the work looked …
Challenging disability access to transport in Ireland
Sophia Black 17/12/2025
In Ireland, people with disabilities, whether visible or non-visible, face various difficulties in accessing public transport. These challenges limit …
Voices of Civic Engagement
Emma DeSouza 03/12/2025
Deliberative democracy has been on the rise globally as more governments embrace citizen participation as a tool in policymaking. Despite this …
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis
10/11/2025
There are truckloads of money available. Just after Gates published his new missive, Oxfam revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US …
Turning away from ‘Authoritarian Populism’
Tiarnán McDonough 18/09/2025
For the last two weekends in a row, protests in central London have given rise to scenes that have been reported around the world and will trouble …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O’Connor is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD, a fellow of the UCD …