We the Citizens at MacGill Summer School
Caroline Erskine – Executive Director of We the Citizens and Prof. David Farrell – Academic Director of the We the Citizens team spoke at the MacGill Summer School today. You can find a webcast of...
View ArticleBelgian Deliberative Democracy
On Novermber 11th 2011, a gathering of one thousand randomly selected citizens will take place in Belgium. They will be given an opportunity to discuss, in all freedom, the future of their country....
View ArticleCitizens’ Assembly on the Agenda
For the first time since the election, a Government Minister has said that a Citizens’ Assembly is very much on the government agenda. Minister Phil Hogan was speaking at a political scientist event at...
View ArticleTanaiste welcomes We the Citizens’ findings
The Tánaiste, Eamon Gilmore TD, has welcomed the findings of We the Citizens, the independent initiative which this year tested the citizens’ assembly model of democratic engagement. He was attending...
View ArticleSenator Mac Conghail Welcomes Constitutional Convention
Remarks by Senator Fiach Mac Conghail in the Seanad this morning Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in relation to the announcement of a Constitutional Convention. Senator Mac Conghail chaired ‘We the...
View ArticleConvention on the Constitution
In late 2012 the Irish government established the Convention on the Constitution, which followed many of the procedures spearheaded by We The Citizens — with citizen members at the core and following...
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