Seanad debates
Thursday, 30 June 2005
Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages.
4:00 pm
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
If one wants to discover anything about the geography of Ireland, even interesting events like the Battle of Tang, the place to come is Seanad Éireann.
On the last point, to be fair, the commission did not have that option. If one considers the judgment in the O'Donovan case and the constitutional law provisions, Mr. Justice Budd suggested a figure of plus or minus 5%. To go beyond that would certainly lead to a constitutional challenge.
I do not understand why north Leitrim does not want to be called "north Leitrim"——
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