Electoral Commission: 300,000 names removed from register in two years

Electoral Commission chief executive Art O'Leary said that, by 2029, the register's accuracy 'should be much closer to what we’re looking for'

Electoral Commission warned last year that there are 'hundreds of thousands' more names on the register than there should be — but that there is no way to find out the exact number. File picture

Around 300,000 names have been removed from Ireland's electoral register in the last two years, the head of Ireland's elections watchdog has said.

The Electoral Commission's chief executive Art O'Leary told RTÉ's This Week programme that the register is so unclear that authorities don't know what size it should be.