Rté - How To Be An Active Citizen

In this programme, listeners learn how to exercise our right to know through Freedom of Information.

Today, listeners learn how they can safely report abuse or wrongdoing and the protections that prevent whistleblowers from being penalised for making a protected disclosure.

In this programme, listeners learn how our councils work, and how citizens can get involved in solving local problems and issues.

In this programme, our expert panel advises listeners when and how to complain about services or standards in public life.

Using the case study of a young man who became politically active for the first time via the Marriage Equality referendum campaign, the programme helps listeners understand our Proportional Representation voting system, how every vote counts, and how a political campaign is run.