A 19-year-old local party representative is calling for the reduction of the voting age to be given serious consideration.
It comes as Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly introduced a bill to lower the voting age from 18 to 16.
Speaking at the Dáil, the TD said young people were being 'unjustly restricted' in democratic participation, arguing that sixteen-year-olds are as civically informed as their peers aged eighteen or over.
Countries like Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Scotland, Wales and Greece have all lowered their voting age from 18.
Sam Brooks is a 19-year-old Sinn Féin party representative based in Co. Roscommon.
He says lowering the voting age could encourage young people to get more involved in their communities:
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