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    University of Galway

    Professor Daniel Carey is director of the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies at NUI Galway. He is a former Irish Research Council awardee

    "John McCain's death has brought a reminder to America of a rare capacity in a politician to generate bipartisan affection and the potential for generosity of spirit"

    John McCain: the life and strife of a political maverick

    Assessing the career of John McCain must take account of both his remarkable bravery and regrettable political mistakes

    Senator John McCain • 29 Aug 18
    Under the gun with the POTUS

    Donald Trump's gun problem

    Opinion: the US president's responses to mass shooting incidents tell us much about America's gun control issues, but will anything change as a result?

    Gun Control • 28 Feb 18
    More money, more problems: a lesson in Swiftian economics

    The Swift code: Jonathan Swift's war on currency

    Opinion: the man who wrote Gulliver's Travels got involved in a spat over the introduction of copper halfpence and farthing coins

    Jonathan Swift • 05 Jan 18
    "For many Americans, gun ownership represents a freedom. But this ostensible freedom only exists by abridging other liberties"

    America's problem with guns

    Opinion: mass shootings in the United States have sadly become all too common in recent times yet measures to address this malaise are rarely enacted. Just how did we get to this point?

    United States • 22 Feb 18
    Looking to the future: Hillary Clinton

    What next for Hillary Clinton?

    Opinion: she may have made history as the first female nominee of a major US party, but Hillary Clinton will long be haunted by her loss to Donald Trump in last year's US presidential election, as her new book shows

    Hillary Clinton • 11 Oct 17

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