This post, focused on the main Irish political office holders – the President, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste – will serve as a space for sharing reflections, ideas, inquiries, responses, and resources that resonate – as well as synthesizing provided and found resources while cybersleuthing.
In this Irish Politics unit, we’re exploring Irish Politics – the parties and the Irish General Elections, States of Ireland, the political process and key people in Irish politics, historical and contemporary. Having learned about The Troubles in our Peace unit, we are also investigating historical political antecedents – including Easter 1916 Rising, Patrick Pearse and the Fenians, the Proclamation of the Republic, revolution and civil war, Éamon de Valera, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, and Michael Collins and the Irish Volunteers.
This post, focused on the main Irish political office holders – the President, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste – will serve as a space for sharing reflections, ideas, inquiries, responses, and resources that resonate – as well as synthesizing provided and found resources while cybersleuthing.
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Members of the public and Sinn Fein political party protest outside government buildings after The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan's outlined Ireland's toughest budget in the history of the Irish state on Tuesday. Source: Martin Murphy in The Epoch Times In this Irish Politics unit, we’re exploring Irish Politics – the parties and the Irish General Elections, States of Ireland, the political process and key people in Irish politics, historical and contemporary. Having learned about The Troubles in our Peace unit, we are also investigating historical political antecedents – including Easter 1916 Rising, Patrick Pearse and the Fenians, the Proclamation of the Republic, revolution and civil war, Éamon de Valera, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, and Michael Collins and the Irish Volunteers.
This post, focused on the major Irish political parties, will serve as a space for sharing reflections, ideas, inquiries, responses, and resources that resonate – as well as synthesizing provided and found resources while cybersleuthing. |