‘How can you integrate without representation?’

IT was raining down on Dublin’s bustling Moore Street market where two Nigerian women queued at the “cheap international calls” booth.

Their bored expression as they stared into the dreary afternoon quickly changed when one of the women got a startling tap on the shoulder that had the potential to change her future in Ireland.

“Election? Ehhhh?” She raised her head and gave a questioning look to the man smiling at her enthusiastically, leaflets in hand and the South African flag pinned proudly to his suit jacket.