Interview/raw audio – Nessa Childers on reducing the age of a presidential candidate. 

Age and experience won’t necessarily
guarantee presidential success in office. So says the Dublin MEP Nessa Childers
whose father Erskine Childers was a former president of Ireland. Ms Childers
says she’s in favour of reducing the age of a presidential candidate from
thirty five [35] to twenty one [21]. 

Dur: 00:18

Out words: my position

The daughter of the former President of
Ireland Erskine Childers, says she’s in favour of reducing the age of a presidential
candidate. Nessa Childers, who is an Independent MEP says her father was sixty
nine [69] when he became president. But the Dublin MEP argues there’s no reason why
a person as young as 21 couldn’t competently carry out his or her presidential
duties. Ms Childers says she’ll be voting yes to Friday’s referendum to reduce the
age of a presidential candidate from thirty five [35] to twenty one [21].  

Dur: 00:17  

Out words: for it