Council rejects voters’ register allegations

CLAIMS that the names of dozens of dead people are on the voters’ register in Kerry were strongly rejected yesterday.

A report by the Oireachtas Library and Research Unit found 50,146 people were entitled to vote in the Kerry North constituency, but 56,216 were actually registered.

Kerry County Council, which is responsible for compiling the register of electors, said “only a handful, if any” of the 6,000-plus additional people on the register are dead.