ASTI support in the Seanad elections must be clarified

The three NUI Senators, Quinn, Ryan and O'Toole, are to be congratulated for retaining their seats in the recent Seanad Elections.

However, a statement by Senator O’Toole on the main RTE News programmes on Thursday, July 18, must not go uncorrected.

Senator O’Toole, President of the ICTU, stated that he was “humbled by the level of support he had received from ASTI members”. There is no evidence whatsoever for this statement. Senator O’Toole has lost 27% of his first preference votes since the last Seanad election. In the same time, the first preference votes of the ASTI endorsed candidate increased by 30%.