Letters to the Editor, January 3rd: On lessons from the 1980s, and reforming the Seanad

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : - Is mise, Sir, - Brendan Wright (Letters, January 2nd) asks the crucial question on Seanad voting rights - when will the discrimination against non-college graduates end?
56% : As one who lived through this period as a public servant and union member, I take issue with the statement that the trade unions were among those who "were comfortable with the status quo" and "opposed having tax rates reduced".
56% : The bare minimum required was an expansion of the right to vote for six seats to all degree-holders from higher education institutions in the State.

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