Martin says final days will decide Seanad fate

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said voters have not switched in to the upcoming referendum on the abolition of the Seanad and that the final days of campaigning would ultimately decide the result.

He said the last two weeks would be crucial in determining the outcome of the Oct 4 vote and that turnout would play a significant part in the deciding vote.

Opening his party’s two- day think-in in Waterford, ahead of the Dáil resuming this week, he also accused the government of rushing the electorate into the vote: “If you look at previous referendums, they showed similar gaps [between the yes and no sides] around this time of a campaign and obviously the last two weeks will be crucial in determining the outcome. Turnout is going to be important.