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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.

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.

Reviewing constitutions: the role of constitutional conventions
Friday, 10 June 2016Report published following Constitutional Conversation no. 2 of 6.

Constitutions, referendums and the family
Friday, 10 June 2016Report published following Constitutional Conversation no. 1 of 6.

Mason Hayes & Curran visit the Academy
Wednesday, 11 May 2016Mason Hayes & Curran, sponsors of the Academy's Constitutional Conversation series 2016.

Austerity Conference and Keynote Lecture
Thursday, 25 February 2016The Social Science Committee held a conference on 29th and 30th October 2015, entitled Debating Austerity.

Professor John Morison, MRIA: Constitutional Questions
Friday, 1 May 2015Professor John Morison MRIA is Director of Internationalisation at the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast and founder of the innovative Juris Doctorate (JD) degree. Current research interests encompass...

Is rewiring the brain the answer to ethics?
Tuesday, 7 April 2015Drawing on content from our RIA Ethics and Society Opinion Series Professor William T O’Connor discusses if ignoring developments in neuroscience means neglecting a change to become more ethical.

Philosophy to be taught for the Junior Cert
Tuesday, 6 January 2015WHAT’S THE MEANING of life? Is our universe real? Do we have free will? These are just some of the questions that Irish teenagers could be contemplating in 2017, when a philosophy course is set to be introduced into the...