Campaign launched to inform migrants and minorities of their right to vote

Outside the Dáil recently are the founders of the National Voter Registration Day initiative, from left, Brian Hearne from Irish Council for International Students (ICOS), Liliana Fernandez from Common Purpose Ireland and Leon Diop from Black and Irish. The campaign seeks to create an annual national voter registration day every April 30. Photo: Mark Stedman

A campaign aimed at ensuring voter participation by direct provision residents and other minority groupings in Ireland has been launched.

The campaign is being spearheaded by Liliana Fernandez, Programme Manager at Common Purpose Ireland, Leon Diop, Co-Founder of Black and Irish, and Brian Hearne, Policy and Communications Manager at the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS).