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09 Sep 2025
Department of Government and Politics Research Conference
This conference celebrates 25 years of the Department of Government and Politics and the BSc Government and Political Science at UCC and showcases the research produced by the Department’s academic staff.
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16 Feb 2024
The Government Times's 81st Issue is out now!
Please see it at the following link...
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15 Nov 2023
Congratulations to Dr Quinlivan on the launch of First Citizen
First Citizen was launched in Cork City Hall on Tuesday 14 November 2023 by Lord Mayor, Councillor Kieran McCarthy. The book, co-written by Aodh Quinlivan and John Ger O’Riordan, tells the story of Seán French, Cork’s longest-serving, twelve-term Lord Mayor.
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26 Oct 2023
IN DEFENCE OF COUNCILLORS
The eighth annual public lecture series of the Centre for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG) takes places in UCC on the night of Thursday 9 November, under the theme of ‘In Defence of Councillors’. Opening remarks will be made by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Kieran McCarthy and the evening will be chaired by the Head of the Department of Government and Politics, Dr. Mary C. Murphy. The three keynote lectures will be delivered by Dr. Bríd Quinn (formerly of the University of Limerick), Councillor Emma Blain (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council) and Professor Colin Copus (Ghent University). The Jane Dowdall and Philip Monahan Awards will also be presented on the night. *CLRG23 starts at 6.30pm sharp in Kane G_18 on the 9 November. ALL WELCOME.
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