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Unlike people in other countries, Irish people who are no longer living in the Republic of Ireland cannot cast votes in Irish elections from abroad. Subject to a limited number of exceptions, Irish citizens resident outside the State do not have the right to vote at elections or at referendums held in the State, Ireland s Department of Foreign Affairs says.
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This is in relation to Ireland’s Electoral Act of 1992, which dictates that Irish citizens who have left Ireland for no longer than 18 months are still entitled to vote. Thus, Irish citizens living abroad for more than 18 months are not permitted to vote in Irish elections.
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By Ciaran McCauley
Just over a century ago, Ireland was united as one island under British rule. But that was just about to change forever.
With the passing of the Government of Ireland Act by Westminster on 23 December 1920, the island would be partitioned, with new governments to be formed in Dublin and Belfast to oversee two new jurisdictions.
This was the culmination of one of the most tumultuous decades in Irish, and European history and set the path to an eventual Irish Republic.
Below we look at the years between 1916 and 1922 and the key moments that led to partition and the establishment of Northern Ireland.