No plans to introduce mandatory voter ID, Minister tells Kerry Cllrs

There are no plans to introduce mandatory identification for voters at polling stations, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has told councillors in Kerry where there has been disquiet over the registration and identification of voters.

Separately, GSOC, the Garda Ombudsman, is conducting “a public interest investigation” into allegations centring on voter registration in the supplementary register, in advance of the last local elections in Kerry in May.