Cara calls for lowering of age to stand for Dáil election

A young local activist has pushed for the minimum age of TDs to be lowered from 21 to 18.

Ardfinnan’s Cara Darmody recently launched an online survey to gauge how people felt about the proposal.

Of the more than 1,500 people surveyed, 65% said that if there was a referendum on changing the minimum Dáil candidacy age, they would vote yes.