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This Time I’m Voting

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On the evening of the 12 February, NUI Galway student and This Time I’m Voting volunteer Sinead Bolger organised a ‘What Europe Means to You’ event. Guest panellists included European Union Law Lecturer Rosemary Keogan, Professor Niamh Reilly, author of 'Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalizing Age', and This Time I’m Voting Volunteer Saul Ballesteros. The … [Read more...] about This Time I’m Voting

Ireland without Europe would drown

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Éirexit: it just doesn’t have the same ring to it. For the press, the pundits and portmanteau lovers alike, Éirexit is not going to cut it. Unfortunately, it takes a very acute obsession with wordplay to disregard the possibility of Ireland leaving the EU based on the hashtag alone. For those less linguistically-allured, allow me to bring some more transferable arguments to the … [Read more...] about Ireland without Europe would drown

Britain votes for Brexit

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Brexit will negatively affect New Graduates, says USI. In a result that has delivered shockwaves across these islands and beyond, with a record turnout of 71.8%, around 51.9% of voters in the United Kingdom have voted in favour of ending the country’s membership of the European Union. This is despite a majority of voters in both Scotland and Northern Ireland voting to … [Read more...] about Britain votes for Brexit