Letters to the Editor: Irish emigrants must have a vote in presidential elections

A decade on, and after action on same-sex marriage and abortion rights, there has been no progress on the Irish diaspora's right to a vote

Ireland will gain by fully cherishing its 'exiled children' and allowing them a vote. Picture: Press 22

I am disappointed by the latest missed opportunity to call the necessary referendum on allowing all Irish citizens to vote for the next president of the ‘Global Irish Nation’.

On a visit to London before Christmas, I asked the then diaspora minister Colm Brophy about the Government’s conspicuous reluctance to convene the referendum.