Merlin and his Prophecies
In a podcast for the History Hub.ie podcast series Jennifer Farrell (UCD) looks at the prophecies of Merlin.
The Easter Rising (The Irish Revolution Lecture 4)
Lecture 4 of Prof Michael Laffan’s The Irish Revolution podcast series examines the Easter Rising.
Why is the legacy of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland contested?
In a podcast for the History Hub.ie podcast series Dr Sarah Campbell (Newcastle University) looks at some of the myths surrounding the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland and examines why the legacy of the movement is contested.
Arthur Griffith, Sinn Fein and the IRB (The Irish Revolution Lecture 3)
Lecture 3 of Prof Michael Laffan’s The Irish Revolution podcast series looks at Arthur Griffith, Sinn Fein, the IRB and the lead up to the Easter Rising.
Politicians, Bureaucracy and the Economy – Then and Now
Many of the institutional innovations that would give birth to the modern Irish economy emerged over the course of the 1950s. The bureaucracy of the time guarded its independence jealously. This is in sharp contrast to the situation that prevailed in the build-up to the present crisis, as revealed by recent reports into the performance of the Central Bank, the Financial Regulator and the Department of Finance. These reports document the deference and diffidence of the modern bureaucracy and its vulnerability to ‘groupthink’.
