Episode 22: The North Poll

Published: May 28, 2021, 10:07 a.m.

The first election in Northern Ireland is an early try-out for proportional representation. Unionists take advantage of the system of transferrable votes, and most of the seats in the new Parliament. Ireland is split. Not just politically and geographically \u2013 but culturally too. Declan and Tara learn how the two states evolve post-partition.