Tag: political reform

Saturday polls would end regressive practice of schools being closed for voting

Fine Gael TD for Dublin North, Alan Farrell, has called for the holding of elections and referenda on Saturdays or Sundays, to bring an end the practice where over 1,000 schools are closed every time the people go to the polls. “The closure of over 1,000 schools for today’s referenda on the abolition of the Seanad and the establishment of…