O’Rourke backs ITs Seanad votes

THE Government is coming under pressure to extend Seanad election votes to graduates of the country’s institutes of technology and the two excluded universities.

Seanad leader Mary O’Rourke has added her voice to the campaign for change highlighted by the IT sector at the weekend.

A 1979 referendum decided that all higher education institutes should be allowed to vote in the election for the Seanad’s university panel.