Miriam Lord: FF byelection effort faces rise of Mé Féin
John McGuinness flies to Canaries for holiday as Carlow-Kilkenny campaign begins
Report says emigrants ‘should get Seanad vote’
Radical reform of Upper House would include extending franchise to NI residents
Extension of Seanad voting rights unlikely before election
Plans to extend rights to emigrants and those living in the North would need ‘longer run-in’
New report believed to recommend radical reform of Seanad
Expert group report expected to recommend new criteria for operation of panel system
Seanad reform group to report to Government by March
Body tasked to come up with reforms which would not require a constitutional referendum
Ex-senators and people outside politics to sit on working group for Seanad reform
Eight-member panel to review powers and functions of a changed Upper House
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