Holding of children’s referendum despite court ruling unfair to voters

The Supreme Court said the Government acted unlawfully in presenting information and spending regarding the referendum, yet it went ahead anyway.

Holding of children’s referendum despite court ruling unfair to voters

This is the reality of living in this wretched country. Our rulers tell us what they please and are not held to account. There should not have been a ballot at all until such time as the court judgment had been adequately debated.

But no, that is not how we do things in Ireland. The law only matters when it is used as a stick with which to beat the citizens.

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