WEEKEND VOTE

PETER FLANAGAN,

PETER FLANAGAN,

Sir, - May I join Malcolm Byrne (February 1st) in urging the Government to take the sensible and equitable option of setting a weekend date for the general election? Anything less, given the prospect of increased voter turn-out, could only be seen as a cynical method of depriving many young people of their constitutional right to vote. - Yours, etc.,

PETER FLANAGAN,

Lower Churchtown Road,

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Dublin 14.