No vote in Seanad elections for Irish aboard

The Taoiseach has ruled out giving Irish citizens out of the country a vote in Seanad elections.

No vote in Seanad elections for Irish aboard

The Taoiseach has ruled out giving Irish citizens out of the country a vote in Seanad elections.

Enda Kenny said the country could be potentially ungovernable if Irish residents elected one house of the Oireachtas, while emigrants elected the other.

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