Montessori students elect Bluey 'boss of the school' in mock vote

The girls were happy to discuss their voting preferences afterwards, however, the boys were more inclined to keep their vote secret

Ben Hennessy, 3, of Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh Montessori school was among the votes in the school boss elections.

They may be too young to vote on Friday, but that didn’t stop them from going to the polls to learn about the power of their vote.

The 22 students of a Montessori school in Cork, all of them aged between three and five, elected Bluey — the energetic animated blue heeler pup — to be the “boss of their school”, edging out a tiny yellow Minion henchman from the Despicable Me movie franchise by just one vote.