'CAN'T VOTE, WON'T VOTE'

BILLY KEANE,

BILLY KEANE,

Madam, - I read with interest the article on the Commission on Democracy by Paula Clancy (December 18th).

In it reference is made to the "can't vote/ won't vote phenomenon". "Can't vote, Won't vote" was the title of a study on voter apathy conducted by myself and a number of civil service colleagues as part of our studies at the Institute of Public Administration.

Little did we realise that in choosing a snappy title for our study we were in fact christening a phenomenon. There cannot be many public servants on whom this honour is bestowed and we are suitably humbled, though unacknowledged. - Yours, etc.,

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BILLY KEANE,

Seafield Downs,

Clontarf,

Dublin 3.