So no official data, showing the age profiles of the voters, therefore how can he say that?

I’m a student and I voted, I no loads of working ppl who didn’t vote and it had nothing to do with a Saturday vote. More lack of understanding of the issue.

For all that this TD knows, every student in Ireland could have voted. No age groups have been given in any sort of breakdown. The most we know is that 33% of the electorate voted.

Students do not make up the 67% who did turn out. Sounds like a diversionary cheap shot by this TD. Seems they have really lined the students up as the fall guys for reverting to week day polling.

be interesting to study alan kellys voting record in the dail since he ws elected,,,,,,,maybe the students he alleged did not vote decided that based on the supreme courts verdict on the information provided by the government the result would be challenged in respect of its constitutionality and may require another referendum…

There are no official stats on the age of voters, so how do they know how many didnt vote?
The usi president didn’t need to justify anything since the td had no official stats.
I feel he let the student population down by saying they couldn’t afford to go home due to the delay in their grant.

that’s nonsense that students can’t go home cause they are still awaiting grants. i bet the majority of people didn’t vote because they were just too lazy to walk down to the polling station. i swear if there was a voting app then everyone would vote

I always had the assumption that we were an intelligent people, capable of reading, identifying the issues, weighing them up and making up our own minds. This referendum was a long time in the making, and people say they didn’t turn out because no one TOLD them! Just shows how malleable our own opinions are and influenced by media (or lack of). What kind of democracy is that?

I don’t get this lets bash the students for not voting.I’m not a student and I didn’t vote either did anyone I work with. So what! Build a bridge and get over it.

Sounds like the USI done plenty.

After voting, I waited for about 30 mins with another FF member, at about 2.00 and the average age of the voters was over 50ish. Could this indicate that those adults likely to be effected were nervous that a yes vote was putting them and their children st risk by giving the gov too much power? Perhaps setting out the consequences of wrong or abusive decisions might have helped

USI are beyond belief.. Students couldn’t afford to vote??? Holy mother of God they will spin any tripe to make it seem like students are peasants. On the contrary most didn’t vote because they didn’t give a toss.

I’d imagine most students, like most voters from all areas, were yes voters and presumed it was going to fly through, and didn’t turn out to vote. That seemed to happen with yes voters across the board, hence it being so close. No voters, people motivated by scaremongering etc will always come out and vote.

should have read “did NOT turn out”

There is no excusing the yes vote. Turkeys voting for Christmas. I didn’t know anyone who voted yes. I asked a few people only possible explanation is party faithful who will vote with party knowing its wrong.

It may take a generation or a war to un-do damage of austerity treaty. And the so called children’s referendum had nothing to do with children more about watering down constitution. Anyone who voted yes to either of these disgusting evil things should hang their head in shame.