Earlier this week Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced that Ireland will hold a referendum to amend the Constitution to allow Irish citizens resident outside the State, including in Northern Ireland, to be allowed to vote in Irish presidential elections.
Speaking in Philadelphia, Kenny said the proposed change would mark a "historic recognition of the strong and enduring links between Ireland and all our citizens, wherever they are in the world."
The questions of how this might work was the focus of The Late Debate last night. John Murray was joined by Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell, Senator Rónán Mullen, Historian Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Independent Business Columnist, Brendan Keenan, and Derek Mooney, Public Affairs Consultant & Former Fianna Fáil Government Adviser.
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