Councillor believes public not happy with wording of referendums

Five hours after the Roscommon-Galway count began and we see the first appearance of a public representative as local Independent councillor Kathleen Shanagher pays a visit to the Hyde Centre.

In relation to the care referendum, she said it was clear that carers were not happy with the wording, particular the word “strive”.

“It was the one word we were hearing about in the care referendum, and it just didn’t resonate with people. I think this is going to be a wake-up call that giving a family a carer for half an hour a day is not enough,” she said.

Speaking generally about both referendums, Cllr Shanagher believed that the public were “bamboozled” with a lot of information that did not make it simple for people to understand.