Madam, – It is unbelievable in the 21st century that the authorities cannot arrange to collect votes on the actual polling day from the offshore islands, thereby ensuring a proper democratic vote.
Having been denied full representation in the Dáil for months because of the manoeuvring of the party in power, the final insult came this week when the islanders were forced to vote without having seen perhaps the most significant document published by an Irish government. – Yours, etc,