Should you be allowed to vote at 16? Transition Year students at Regina Mundi College in Cork argue for and against

Fiona Sexton

THE right to leave school, the right to a full time job, the right to get a passport in their own name, the right to leave home with their parents consent, the right to get a moped or tractor licence, the right to consent to or refuse surgical or dental treatment, the right to choose their own GP, the right to see their medical records and finally the right to be held criminally responsible.

Irish 16-year-olds, such as myself, have all the above rights. However, we are denied the one thing that made all of the above possible. The simple right to vote.