... on the 24th of May 1923 (Ferriter, 2005: 265). Apart from these articles, there was a distinctly British influence to the Free State Constitution, with the government being arranged in two separate houses and being chaired by a prime minister. This was very similar to the British system. The use of P.R.S.T.V (Proportional representation single transferable vote) was endorsed in the 1937 Constitution. The ... 1920 local elections in Ireland. Coakley states that "Thus by 1921 P.R.S.T.V had not only been endorsed by a significant section of the Nationalist movement but had actually reached...

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