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# bright-spark - Monday 20 January, 2020
20-year-old Craig Casey's energy an exciting prospect for Munster
The Shannon scrum-half showed his potential in a cameo off the bench at Thomond Park yesterday.
# bright-spark - Thursday 11 April, 2019
18-year-old Ireland star O'Connor added to Man United's Champions League squad
The Waterford-born defender could make Solskjaer’s matchday squad for the return leg with Barcelona.
# bright-spark - Saturday 1 December, 2018
Marcus Rashford the sole bright spark amid another lacklustre Man United display
The 21-year-old England international assisted both goals before being taken off by Jose Mourinho.
# bright-spark - Thursday 22 June, 2017
Donald Trump just had an idea -- Make the Mexican border 'a solar wall so it pays for itself'
‘Pretty good imagination, right? My idea!,’ the US President said.
# bright-spark - Tuesday 8 November, 2016
Leicester teen Watts included in Ireland U21 squad for Czech and Slovakia friendlies
The 22-man squad are off to Spain to prepare for the U21 European Championship qualifiers.
# bright-spark - Thursday 10 September, 2015
'I sat my Junior Cert aged 71, but would be in the Dáil if given a chance earlier in life'
Pamela Noonan sat her Junior Cert at age 71, having left school when she was just 11.
# bright-spark - Friday 3 January, 2014
Insane break-dancer dances with fireworks attached to his feet
Baby you’re a fiiiiire work.
# bright-spark - Friday 17 May, 2013
This is what a bolt of lightning did to a house in Tipperary today...
The lightning made holes in the concrete wall and sockets inside the home were blown.
# bright-spark - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Waterford programmer Jordan Casey, 13, to address Californian conference
Casey is set to address over 4,000 delegates on the topic “Things I learned the hard way as a young CEO”.
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Poll: Should voting in the Seanad election be extended?
AS GOVERNMENT-FORMATION talks continue post-general election, some focus is now turning to the Seanad election.
The upper house consists of 60 senators who are appointed or elected in three different ways: The Taoiseach’s nominees, panels and the university panel.
There has been much discussion about the Seanad in recent years with many people viewing it as elitist and in need of being reformed or scrapped altogether. The public was asked in a referendum in October 2013 whether the Seanad should be abolished – 51.7% said No, 48.27% said Yes.
The public previously voted to extend voting rights to all graduates of Irish third-level institutions, but a law allowing this to happen has never been enacted. However, many people argue this is still unfair given how many others would still be unable to vote.
What do you think: Should voting in the Seanad election be extended?
Poll Results:
Yes, to every citizen over 18 (91)
The Seanad should be reformed or scrapped (68)
Yes, to all third-level graduates (27)
No, it's fine the way it is (25)
I'm not sure (4)
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