Second Republic is a campaign group for

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. The group was founded in 2010 and lobbied for the establishment of the Irish Constitutional Convention. The group advocates the introduction of citizen-initiated referendums in Ireland, votes for the

Irish diaspora The Irish diaspora () refers to ethnic Irish people and their descendants who live outside the island of Ireland. The phenomenon of migration from Ireland is recorded since the Early Middle Ages,Flechner, Roy; Meeder, Sven (2017). The Irish ...

, and participates in the Open Government Partnership. In 2015, the group made a submission to the working group on Seanad reform that comprised a

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of over 1,200 people. In 2013, the group's founding member was shortlisted for a Volunteer of the Year Award for work done by Second Republic in building citizenship and campaigning for reform.

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* Political organisations based in the Republic of Ireland Reform in the Republic of Ireland {{Republic-of-Ireland-politics-stub