Lowering voting age to 16 ‘worth discussing’, minister says

Education minister Norma Foley (centre) speaking to the media at City Quay National School, Dublin (Cillian Sherlock/PA)

Lowering the voting age to 16 is a “discussion worth having”, the education minister has said.

Norma Foley said she was open to measures that would “empower” young people, including considering a reduction of the voting age from 18.