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The referendum decision: if you don’t know (& if you’re not consulted) vote no

Post by David Farrell (October 30, 2011) The failure of the referendum on Oireachtas enquiries by 47%/53% is, to say the least, a ‘disappointment’ for the government. But is the result all that surprising? Quite apart from the intense debates over the merit of the proposal (including in a series of posts on this forum),…

October 30, 2011 in Dail Reform, Referenda.

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