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Ireland 2030
Wednesday, 8 June 2022If you missed our series of four panel discussions delving into key issues facing society on the island of Ireland you can watch them now.

'How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims?'
Thursday, 15 April 2021Read the report on the recent debate on conscientious objection from legal, philosophical, theological and religious perspectives.

Read the report or watch the event 'How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims?'
Wednesday, 3 March 2021Debate on conscientious objection from legal, philosophical, theological and religious perspectives, and finally a discussion on how legislators and governments in liberal democracies should react to claims of...

Report from Twenty Years after the Belfast Agreement 1998: A Young Person’s Guide to the Future
Thursday, 28 June 2018A succinct report from the conversation about the main issues facing young people in Ireland twenty years after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

Survival and the citizen: Micro-dialogues on key challenges
Thursday, 10 May 2018Read the first in a series of 'microdialogues' - online conversations between two experts on key challenges for modern society. The first addresses end-of-life care and the right to die.

The Ethical Political Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee Series of Constitutional Conversations
Wednesday, 12 October 2016During 2016 Mason Hayes & Curran sponsored the committee’s series of Constitutional Conversations on a range of topics.

Ethical Political Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee Opinion Series
Wednesday, 12 October 2016Throughout 2015 the committee authored an Opinion Series on a range of topics as part of the President of Ireland’s Ethics Initiative.

Response to the Consultation by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on the Draft Junior Cycle Philosophy Short Course
Wednesday, 12 October 2016Authored by committee members of the Ethical, Political, Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee in response to the NCCA's call.

The idea of a republic: freedom and politcs
Wednesday, 13 July 2016Report published following Constitutional Conversation no. 4 of 6.

Constitutions and these islands: beyond Brexit Part One
Friday, 10 June 2016Report published following Constitutional Conversations, no. 3 of 6.