Politics in Ireland

Politically, the island is divided between Ireland (a sovereign State also called the Republic of Ireland) and the Northern Ireland ( constituent country). They share an open border and both are a part of the zone Travel common.

Ireland and the United Kingdom are members of the European Union, and as a consequence(accordingly), it is free circulation of the people, the properties, the services and the capital through the border.

The Government

Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. The Prime Minister is the head of government, he is a conscript Taoiseach in Irish, his deputy Prime Minister is as for him a conscript Tánaiste. Taoiseach and Secretaries (among 15) compose the government and detain executive power, according to the Irish constitution.

The Parliament

The Parliament, Oireachtas in Irish, consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives count 166 members called Teachta í Dála, elected in the transferable unique vote, of proportional type.

The President of Ireland

The President of Ireland, directly elected by the people, is the head of state and has mainly an honorary function. He is elected for a seven-year term, renewable once The current President, elected in 2011, is Michael D Higgins.

The Local Government

There are in Ireland 114 local authorities. They have the competence in numerous domains such as the accommodation the transport, supply him with water, the waste management, the education, the health and the social services.

 My School

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) formerly Regional Technical College, Dundalk is a 90-acre (360,000 m2) campus situated in Dundalk,County Louth, Ireland.

The institution was one of the original networks of Regional Technical Colleges set up in the 1970s with an emphasis on business, engineering and science. Over the past decade and a half, the Institute has expanded its range of programmes to include hospitality, humanities, music, creative arts and nursing. Apprenticeship courses have long been a feature of the Institute, there has been continual expansion in the Apprenticeship provisioning the electrical and plumbing fields.

I arrived January 22, 2014 has Dundalk, integration occurred over 2 days with the presentation of the building, associations, papers to fill and complete the integration half-day with Irish dance.

I study in this university 6 different subjects, English, Statistics, Accounting Management, Active Market Research, SME Marketing and Conflict Management in Workplace.

The culture is really different in class for several reasons, first of all there is no break between the courses, or of schedule specifies to eat, the professors are often late. For the rest it is similar to the French system.

There is a very dynamic student life for the sport with a possibility of making multiple sports free of charge or at a low cost, I thus have pus to try the fencing and the archery. A lot of parties are organized for ERASMUS to facilitate the integration, and a lot of events are present within the school or outside.