Bringing policy into voting decisions
WhichCandidate has served voters in Ireland since 2014. Our goal is to make elections in Ireland more transparent and to give voters the information they need to make the right decision.
With an ever-growing list of new parties and independents, the choice for voters has become more complex than ever. We want to make it easier for voters to compare candidates based on their positions on issues of major national importance.
- First election
- 2014
- Candidates on the platform
- 1500+
- Voter decisions
- 500k+
- Number of elections
- 11
Our team
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Dr. Rory Costello
Co-Founder / Director
Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick
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John Costello
Co-Founder / Technical director
Advisory board
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Prof. Maura Adshead
Head of Community Engagement, University of Limerick
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Dr. Eoin O’Malley
School of Law and Government, Dublin City University
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Siobhan O’Donoghue
Executive Director at Uplift
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Dr. Kevin Cunningham
Lecture in Politics at TU Dublin and founder of IrelandThinks
Awards
In 2016, we were awarded the prize for Best New Web Application at the Realex Web Awards
Funding
We have received funding from the following sources
- 2014: University of Limerick, Institute for the Study of Knowledge in Society
- 2015: Irish Research Council
- 2019: Communicating Europe Initiative
- 2024: Communicating Europe Initiative
- 2024: UL Engage
Contact
Any queries or feedback on WhichCandidate can be sent to Rory Costello at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick
rory.costello@ul.ie