The Democracy Commission has released the findings of its final report, after two years of research, and revealed that Irish politicians and the voting public are completely disillusioned with the Irish political system.

YOUR readers will be aware from media coverage that the Democratic Audit Ireland research project was launched recently.

Young people are interested in politics but feel disempowered and disillusioned by our current democratic system, according to the preliminary finding of a study by the Democracy Commission.

ONE evening a couple of weeks ago a TD showed me a copy of an invitation he had received to the launch of a democracy commission. The invitation said this commission would conduct an audit of democracy in this country.

AN extensive study is to investigate why fewer people are voting in a bid to reverse the trend.