A detailed analysis of what local elections in Ireland are about, timed to coincide with the local elections in June 2009.
Liam Weeks lectures in politics in the Department of Government, University College Cork. A former Government of Ireland Scholar, he has a PhD in political science from Trinity College Dublin. He has written on a variety of issues related to Irish politics and is co-editing a book on Minor Parties in Irish political life. Aodh Quinlivan lectures in politics in the Department of Government, University College Cork. Prior to his appointment in UCC, Aodh worked in Cork County Council, and local government remains his primary area of research interest. Aodh has published widely in this field, including Philip Monahan - A Man Apart (Dublin, 2006) and Innovation and best practice in Irish local government (with Emmanuelle Schon-Quinlivan, Dublin, 2009).
