You Can’t Vote If You Haven’t Wrote

House rules…

atest press release from Senator Aubrey McCarthy, issued on Monday, February 9th 2026…

A lot of graduates don’t know this but they have created a new Seanad register.

So I am encouraging people to register. They don’t have to vote for me but they will at least have a vote. Deadline is February 26th.

Some graduates think that their old vote from colleges like Trinity and NUI automatically rolls over but actually that is not the case. They lose their vote if they do not register on the new register.

Basically If you’re an Irish citizen over 18 and have a degree (Level 7 or higher) from an Irish college – the answer is you need to register if you want to vote in the Seanad.

Who is newly included?
⦿ All Technological Universities (TU Dublin, MTU, etc.)
⦿ All Institutes of Technology (DkIT, IADT, etc.)
⦿ All DCU, UL, and Mary I
⦿ All National College of Art & Design

Why does it matter? You get to help choose six Senators. These are the people debating our laws on housing, climate, and education.

So for college graduates out there hoping to claim their vote before the February 26th deadline, you need to log on and register here.