Independents left beyond the boundary

THE Government’s delay in setting up the Boundary Commission seriously disadvantages the choice for an independent voice in Irish politics.

The Government has left it far too late to set up the commission, even though it knew these changes were coming from the time of the Nice Treaty.

A more radical option open to the commission is that the State would become a single EU constituency with the advantage of being easy to change when there are future reductions in seat numbers.