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Daily Archives: July 23, 2012

Early days of the SOS (‘Save Our Seanad’) campaign

Posted by Matt Wall A  letter to the Irish Times from six former Senators represents a faltering start to the campaign against the government’s plans to abolish the Seanad. The six argue, as many others have and will, for reform rather than abolition. Sadly, their case is not helped by the farcical nature of many of the ‘debates’…

July 23, 2012 in Constitution, Dail Reform, Electoral Reform, Seanad Reform, Uncategorized.

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