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2 weeks ago | 
thejournal.ie | Emma DeSouza
THIS WEEK, OUR political leaders will once again claim triumph over the Good Friday Agreement’s success on its anniversary today, 10 April. But how can we consider the Good Friday Agreement a success when citizens are still spending decades and their remaining years struggling for even a modicum of truth and justice?
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4 weeks ago | 
thejournal.ie | Emma DeSouza |Conor O'Carroll
DONALD TRUMP IS ten weeks into a four-year term. In that time, his administration has launched a voracious assault on the norms and conventions of American democracy. The country is being led by a cabinet of conspiracy theorists, TV personalities and religious zealots, all of whom secured their place at the top table by positioning themselves as Trump loyalists. There are no voices of reason, no safeguards.
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1 month ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Emma DeSouza
Forum participants have developed 38 policy recommendations, proving that public engagement works for complex societal challenges beyond traditional governmental approaches, writes Emma DeSouzaCitizens’ assemblies function by bringing together a representative group from society to discuss and make recommendations regarding a set issue.
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1 month ago | 
thejournal.ie | Emma DeSouza
THE BERLIN WALL may have collapsed 35 years ago, symbolising the reunification of East and West Germany, but the divide between the people of Germany remains. Inequality and political alienation have provided fertile ground for far-right party AfD (Alternative for Germany) who almost doubled their vote share in last week’s national elections. German reunification is not a blueprint for Ireland, it is a warning.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
medium.com | Emma DeSouza
Emma DeSouza·Follow2 min read·--I have been with my husband for around 14 years, it has been a long journey with a lot of growing up together — I guess that’s what happens when you meet in high school. But one of the biggest lessons that have allowed us to build a strong foundation to go on to have a healthy marriage and 2 children, is we continue to grow and strive to be better as individuals, which allows us to come together as a team. And marriage is a team sport.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
medium.com | Emma DeSouza
Emma DeSouza·Follow1 min read·--My setup yesterday looked like a heating pad, my reusable water cup, journals, laptop, skincare, and weighted blanket — and other days it looks like a confidence-boosting outfit, cute hair, some mascara, and working at my desk. EVERYDAY is different as a human being and mom and we have to meet ourselves where we’re at. Sometimes we’re rockin' it. Some days we are making sure the children are fed and watching tv so we can rest. Who gives a fck?
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
msn.com | Emma DeSouza
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
thejournal.ie | Emma DeSouza
VOTES WERE CAST, ballots counted and 174 seats have been filled in Dáil Eireann – but with an average of four-in-10 registered voters opting out of political participation, how healthy is Ireland’s democracy? Overall turnout was 59.7 per cent in the general election, the lowest general election turnout in over a century.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
thejournal.ie | Emma DeSouza |Jane Moore
THE ELECTORATE OF the United States has voted in tens of millions to return former President Donald Trump to the White House. This election was always going to be close but the realisation that their fellow citizens, their neighbours, friends and even family, have voted for a convicted felon who ran a campaign on division is a body blow for supporters of Kamala Harris. They are despondent, depressed and in disbelief.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
thejournal.ie | Emma DeSouza |Niall O'Connor |Muiris O'Cearbhaill
FOLLOWING MONTHS OF obstruction, the coalition government has admitted that a 2024 general election is on, we just don’t have a date yet. Speculation is rife for late November, which would result in a very short campaign with little space to scrutinise the government’s term – so just how has the coalition performed? The coalition of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party has formed the 32nd, 33rd and 34th Dáil.
