Presidential Voting Rights

The power to change the law is not in the hands of Westminster, its not in the hands of Stormont. Its in our hands, through constitutional change.

Soapbox on October 23, 2025, 2:42 pm

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Peadar Tóibín TD is the leader of Aontu, he writes for Slugger about the issue of presidential voting rights for the North On Wednesday the 22nd of October the Dáil passed an Aontú motion to provide three major changes. The first is to provide voting rights to Irish citizens in the north of Ireland. The second is to lower the threshold for nomination of candidates for the presidential elections and the third is to bring Áras an Uachtaráin and the …

Presidential voting rights by 2025?

Daithi McKay on March 12, 2017, 9:38 pm

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With the recent stepping up of debate about a Border Poll and the constitutional future of the north it is interesting (though I suspect coincidental) timing to see the Taoiseach Enda Kenny announce that a referendum will be held on the right of Irish citizens abroad and in the north to vote in future Presidential elections. The decision was agreed by Cabinet last week and momentous as this may be I suspect that it will come too late for the next poll …