Government Should Extend Voting Rights to Irish Citizens Living Abroad - Hayes

The Government is being called on to extend voting rights to Irish citizens living abroad.

Elections for the European Parliament take place in May and a Dublin MEP is urging authorities to address the issue in time for the poll.

MEPs in Strasbourg have been debating the protection of rights of EU nationals living in another member state in national and European elections.

Ireland has one of the worst records in the EU when it comes to allowing people living abroad to vote, according to Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes.

He says the issue will be of particular significance for the hundreds of thousands of Irish people living in Britain next year, after Brexit:

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