Search Results for 'Proportional representation'

See Her Elected, the award-winning Government funded project which aims to encourage women from rural areas in the Midlands region to engage in local politics has launched a new video to help explain how the Proportional Representation Single Transferable Voting system works in Ireland.

The process to nominate candidates for Fine Gael in Athlone for next year’s council elections descended into farce last week when it took nearly three and a half hours to deselect one candidate from five, despite his having reached the quota anyway.

The public disenchantment with politics has engendered a debate on whether our political system itself is fit for purpose. Last Friday’s Late Late Show questioned whether our electoral structure and Dáil can cope with the economic crisis.

The public disenchantment with politics has engendered a debate on whether our political system itself is fit for purpose. Last Friday’s Late Late Show questioned whether our electoral structure and Dáil can cope with the economic crisis.