Vote-rigging probe - No effort must be spared

Extremely serious allegations have been made in relation to vote-rigging and personation in Thurles in the last local election which, if proved to be true and as extensive as suspected, could possibly have distorted the results.

These charges have been made by the mayor of the town, Labour councillor John Kenehan, who was a successful candidate, and they are now the subject of a garda investigation.

Only time will tell if the allegations are supported by evidence from that investigation, so the implications insofar as the extent to which the results may have been influenced are still a matter of conjecture at this moment in time.