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Deep Democracy Movement describes the principle behind a community building process that hears all voices and roles, including our collective experiences of altered states, and subtle feelings and tendencies. It is a hub for the Deep Democracy Network, connecting people and ideas. The concept of Deep Democracy has been picked up by many politicians, including Ralph Nader and Hillary Clinton, as well as by a variety of communities, grass root movements, and other authors. www.deepdemocracymovement.net
 


The Deep Democracy Institute provides diverse and multidimensional Leadership Training Programs designed to teach skills and attitudes to unfold the potentials of organizations, teams and communities. It is based on an underlying vision that the systematic and consistent development of local leadership is the central issue in developing regions, communities and constituencies - www.deepdemocracyinstitute.org

 

They Work For You - is a non-partisan website run by a charity which aims to make it easy for people in the UK and Northern Ireland to keep tabs on their elected and unelected representatives in Parliament and other assemblies. Could we do something similar here?  www.theyworkforyou.com

An official (British) E petitions site. This sort of thing could easily be done here.


 

 

 

Since 1993 Transparency International has been hugely successful in overcoming the taboo of corruption by engaging decision makers and media around the world - www.transparency.ie

 

    Official web site of the Irish Government - www.oireachtas.ie

 

Tasc is an independent think tank committed to progressive social change in Ireland.  It aims to provide a space for innovative thinking where dialogue between citizens, policy makers and politicians is facilitated.
One of their publications “Power to the People?” is reviewed here.
www.tascnet.ie

 

The Democracy Commission was an independent commission set up to examine democracy in Ireland today. This site contains links to reports on the nature of citizenship and democracy - www.democracycommission.ie



Does what it says on the tin. Ireland doesn’t even make it into the top 10 of democratic countries and corruption levels are 1400% higher than in Finland.   The primary objective of this website is to educate and inform. Its focus is on democracy, human rights, press freedom, corruption and the rule of law.  With hundreds of links to other relevant sites, World Audit is aimed at anyone with an interest in these topics, from professional human rights journalists to first-time users of the world wide web - www.worldaudit.org