Should Paddy in Glasgow Pick the Next President?
14 August - 19 minsFor more than a decade, the question has lingered: should Irish citizens living overseas, and those in Northern Ireland, get to vote for the president? Governments have promised action, launched strategies, and made nods to the global Irish community. Yet, as the next Áras contest approaches, the pledge has quietly vanished from the political to-do list.
Sean Defoe isn’t convinced that flinging open the ballot to the world’s Irish is the best idea. But for broadcaster and writer Paddy Duffy, speaking from his home in Scotland, the exclusion is a glaring contradiction. How can a role meant to symbolise unity ignore millions who still fly the flag from abroad? And why can a Polish or Brazili...
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