DáilDex videos
Irish politics, in short films.
Short films about voting, following your TDs and how DáilDex works. Every one has sound captions and links back to the record.
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Before the Court
How Ireland’s courts work, in two and a half minutes: the Constitution, the District, Circuit and High Courts, juries, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, striking down laws, and how judges are appointed.
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Locked Out
A short documentary on Ireland’s housing crisis: a €399,999 typical home, €1,839 rents, one in three 25 to 29 year olds at home, a record 17,885 people in emergency accommodation, and the gap between homes built and the Government’s target.
Read the housing studyIntroducing DáilDex
The DáilDex launch film: follow your representatives, get plain-English alerts with the official source, ask Dex, and explore Irish politics for free.
Read the launch storyThe Waiting Generation
A short data documentary on being young in Ireland: record rents, living at home, homelessness, emigration, jobs and prices, climate, mental health and voting, with every figure sourced on screen.
Read the full studyFirst Vote
A short film following Cara, 19, through her first Irish election: the polling card, a ballot of twelve names, her TDs’ real record, how PR-STV transfers her vote, and polling day.
Read the first-time voter guideDáilDex in 60 seconds
Follow your TDs and Senators, read the day’s news from the record, learn how it all works, and ask Dex anything.
See the home pageWe keep the receipts
A TD’s week printed as a receipt, 174 receipts piling up, and DáilDex snipping out the line about your TD and posting it to your inbox with its source.
The whole idea in 44 seconds
One group chat, 174 TDs, and a way to finally know what yours is up to: plain-English, source-linked alerts about votes, speeches and questions.
About DáilDexHow an alert arrives
A real Dáil vote lands in your inbox, you reply with a question, and DáilDex answers in the same thread, with every explanation linked to the source.
Follow a TDDex Pro, explained
What Dex Pro adds: frontier models including Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT 6 Astra, deep research, a study coach and downloadable documents.
See Dex ProMeet Dex
A short tour of Dex, the free Irish civic AI: official sources, private local chats, and models you can switch between.
Read Meet DexAsk your alert a question
A silent 22-second demo: a DáilDex alert about the Dublin Airport passenger cap vote arrives, the reader asks why Sinn Féin voted with the Government, and DáilDex answers in the same thread from the official record.
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