Sara Thompson: Politicians unwise to dismiss ‘snowflake’ Gen Z as future change-makers get ready to vote

With the Irish general election on the home straight, aspiring TDs will need to focus their attention on the goals of the future changemakers in our country. Many 18- to 27-year-old members of Generation Z, a cohort that uses social media as its preferred tool to express views and opinions, will be deciding how to go out and vote in a way that best affects their lives and others’..