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How will the Electoral Commission reshape Irish elections?

Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan

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The Politics of Tree-Seaters

All of these submissions by DDS and senators are serving, or gone, can be seen to some extent as being in their interest. They're not going to suggest changes to boundaries that would harm them. Pascal Dunoo's argument actually is for better proportional representation but we've been saying all along this podcast in terms of tree-seaters not offering great proportional representation. I wouldn't say even if he got the four seats, I mean, the last election, he came fifth in the constituency.

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