the dad versus the irish government

My father phoned the County Council today.
He phoned to ask why his name had been removed from the electoral register before the last election.
He was informed by a lady official that an application form would be sent out allowing him to have his name reinstated on the electoral register.
The Dad said he would accept no such form.
He pointed out that he had received an official assurance a year ago from another official that the situation would be investigated and an explanation given.
He reiterated his demand to be reinstated on the electoral register.


(Several hundred thousand people, including me, had their names removed from the electoral rolls without warning or explanation before the last election. Over a hundred thousand immigrants were added to the rolls at the same time. It seemed to me that the Fianna Fail Party (their name means Soldiers Of Destiny) which comprised our government, had deliberated altered the rolls, with the expectation that the newly installed immigrants would tend to vote for socialisty Fianna Fail, and older voters who were being removed would tend to vote against Fianna Fail. Of course Fianna Fail won the election. You may remember me calling on the Irish people to rise up and reject those same elections as an attempted coup d'etat. Ah. We were all much younger then.)