Voters show their indifference

Considering a large proportion of franchised Irish citizens decided to shun the Seanad abolition referendum, this suggests the existence of much indifference towards the upper house, if not politics in general.

This being so, perhaps we should have followed the old mantra ‘you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’.

Had our dear electorate — those of us that voted — given the under-fire chamber the boot, we might then have realised its true importance to the country and reinstated it with gusto. Alas our indifference looks set to continue, reform or not.

Brendan Corrigan

Ballaghaderreen

Co Roscommon