Ireland

Datasets

The Irish Policy Agendas Project has collected data on political parties (1981-2020), legislative bills (1922-2021), and from 1998, the North-South Ministerial Council and the British-Irish Council.

It has also developed a policy agendas project for Northern Ireland, collecting data on political parties (2016-2022) and legislative bills (1999-2022).

Parliamentary & Legislative

• Legislative bills

  Bills introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas (i.e., in parliament), 1922-2021

  For a data report on legislative bills from Ireland (1922-2021), see http://irishpolicyagendas.eu/.

  Please cite the following article when using the legislative data:

  Little, C. 2023. The legislative agenda in Ireland, 1922-2021. Irish Political Studies 38 (1): 7-34.

  
  5526 observations spanning the years 1922 to 2021
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Political Parties

• Party manifestos

  Party manifestos at general elections (Dáil elections), 1981-2020.

  For a data report on party manifesto data from Ireland (1981-2020), see http://irishpolicyagendas.eu/.

  Variable not mentioned in data report, but added for upload to the CAP website: election_in_year, which indicates whether the election was the first or second election in a year. This distinguishes the February and November elections in 1982. 

  Please cite the following article when using the manifesto data:Green-Pedersen, C. and Little, C. 2023. The Issue Content of Party Politics in Ireland. A New Perspective on the Irish Party System and its Development. Irish Political Studies 38 (1): 35-59.

  
  66292 observations spanning the years 1981 to 2020
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Research

Is Left-Right Conflict a Necessary Condition for the Development of New Politics

Green-Pedersen, C., & Little, C. (2023). Understanding the Conflict of Conflicts: Is Left-Right Conflict a Necessary Condition for the Development of New Politics? Political Studies.  Abstract: One of the most significant changes in West European politics in the past 40 years is ... Read more

The legislative agenda in Ireland, 1922-2021

Little, C. 2023. The legislative agenda in Ireland, 1922-2021. Irish Political Studies 38 (1): 7-34. Abstract: This article analyses the legislative agenda in Ireland since 1922 using new data coded within the Comparative Agendas Project framework. The data, generated using the ... Read more

The issue content of party politics in Ireland

Green-Pedersen, C. and Little, C. 2023. The Issue Content of Party Politics in Ireland. A New Perspective on the Irish Party System and its Development. Irish Political Studies 38 (1): 35-59.  Abstract: The Irish party system has been exceptional both for the weakness of its ... Read more

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