Next month’s election will be the first Saturday election since 1918.
Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie WE HAVE a date for this year’s General Election – it’s taking place on Saturday, 8 February.
Usually, elections take place on a Friday, but this will be the first Saturday election since 1918, one of the key elections in Irish history. There is a more recent precedent for referendums to be held on Saturdays. The Nice referendum in 2002 was held on a Saturday, as was the Children’s Referendum in 2012.TheJournal.ie understands that the Saturday date was selected so that families don’t need to take time off work to look after children if schools – often used as polling stations – are closed.Poll Results:
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