Vote fraud allegation comes as no surprise

I WAS not surprised at the news of voting fraud alleged to have happened in the Thurles area in the recent local elections.

I put a motion to Cork county council (passed at a meeting in October 2003) requesting the then minister for the Environment, Martin Cullen, to ensure that photographic ID be mandatory for all future elections in this country.

However, he saw fit to refuse the request stating that systems in place were adequate.