Sinn Féin has denied flip- flopping on Seanad abolition as the party prepares to distribute 500,000 leaflets urging voters to sweep away the upper house.

The head of the Labour Relations Commission has insisted there is no conflict of interest in him chairing a campaign to kill off the Seanad.

The campaign in relation to the proposed abolition of the Seanad got underway in earnest yesterday, with the launching of the One House group calling on the electorate to ratify the 32nd amendment of the Constitution on Oct 4.

The campaign in relation to the proposed abolition of the Seanad got underway in earnest yesterday, with the launching of the One House group calling on the electorate to ratify the 32nd amendment of the Constitution on Oct 4.

Campaigning in the referendum on the abolition of the Seanad has kicked off in earnest, with parties on both sides accusing the other of misrepresenting the facts in support of their stance.