DCU Academics to provide critical analysis of General Election 2016

A number of DCU academics will play a leading role in providing a critical analysis of the outcome of the 2016 General Election across national print and broadcast media this weekend. General election voting takes place today, (Friday, February 26th) with the election count commencing nationwide tomorrow morning. Professor Gary Murphy of the DCU School of Law and Government will be contributing to a number of print and broadcast pieces including appearances on BBC, RTÉ and TV3 as well as writing for the Irish Mail on Sunday. Dr Eoin O’Malley, also of the DCU School of Law and Government, will be contributing analysis/opinion pieces to www.independent.ie, the Sunday Independent and the Irish Times and will also be appearing as of one of UTV Live’s chief political analysts. He has been regularly cited during the campaign by the Sunday Times, Reuters and Bloomberg News This coming Thursday, March 3rd at 6.30pm in the DCU School of Business, Dr. Jane Suiter, Political Scientist and Journalism Specialist at DCU FuJo will join with a number of experts, including Mark Little, Vice-President of Media for Europe and Africa, Twitter, Kevin Doyle, Group Political Editor of Independent News and Media (INM), Mary Regan, Political Editor with UTV Ireland, Georgian Ifrim, Lecturer at UCD’s School of Computer Science and Liam Corcoran, Head of Communications with NewsWhip to hold a review of the General Election online coverage. The Election Aftermath: Insights and Analysis, organised by Online News Association (ONA) is in conjunction with the DCU Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo). To book a place and for further information click here

Click on the below links to access articles on a selection of contributions from post GE 2016

Irish Government falls short of majority exit polls signals

A minority government could be the best outcome

The people have spoken what happens next 

Sinn Feins rules out any possibility of joining a coalition

Adams refuses to play kingmaker in Republic as Sinn Fein eyes bigger role