“Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years” Bill 2025.
Last week the Social Democrats put forward a bill to lower the voting age to 16. Ben Scallan asks if they believe 16-year-olds who commit serious crimes are responsible enough to be tried as adults.
Tánaiste “remains to be convinced.”
“Young people should not be forced to depend on older voters…”
“It’s a good idea.”
Kamikaze move.