Citizenship referendum – Government must halt flawed poll

IT WOULD make eminently good sense for the Government to take stock of its intentions in relation to holding the referendum on citizenship on the same day as the local and European elections.

Their determination to hold it on the same day is ominous and it is difficult to ascribe any motive to the decision other than a cynical political one to do so.

Hitherto, Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte had called on the Government to go back to the drawing board with the proposed referendum because it is flawed and dangerous.