Extending presidential voting rights to NI ‘would overstep constitutional mark’

Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Emma Little-Pengelly speaks during a press conference following the meeting of the North South Ministerial Council at Farmleigh House in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Wire)

Extending voting rights in Irish presidential elections to citizens living in Northern Ireland would be overstepping the mark, Stormont’s deputy First Minister has warned.

Emma Little-Pengelly said the difference between political reality and political aspiration had to be recognised, as she stressed that Northern Ireland’s head of state was the King.