Assessing Irish electoral democracy

Over the past two years, Ireland has had a general election, local elections (including a first ever mayoral election in Limerick), a European election, a presidential election and two referendums. To understand what these elections tell us about the state of democracy in Ireland, a National Election and Democracy Study (NEDS) was established. Some of the key findings focusing on understanding election turnout, vote choice, political polarisation and views on democracy will be discussed and debated at this event. Among the panel members is Mary-Clare O’Sullivan, Head of Electoral Integrity and Research, An Coimisiún Toghcháin/ The Electoral Commission. https://www.ul.ie/research/research-week for more details about Ul Research Week.