“As early as last January, when Government strategists began planning the timing of the abortion referendum, a single date stood out: May 25th. ‘It was the only available window to ensure as many students as possible would be able to vote’, says a political source. ‘The following Friday was a bank holiday weekend; any later meant thousands of students would have been abroad on J1 visas’ …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 11 May]