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Irish Establishment’s denigration of Christian heritage receives first rebuttal through overwhelming referendum defeat

March 13, 2024

“The Irish bishops can still win an election.” A friend of mine said this to me as the results of the two Irish referendums on the Family Amendment and the Care Amendment to the Irish Constitution started to filter through – indicating a dual defeat for the Irish government. My friend was speaking somewhat in

Ireland declares an emphatic ‘No’ to government effort to change constitution

March 11, 2024

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Ireland’s ruling government received a stinging defeat in a referendum to change the country’s constitutional provision that seeks to ensure that mothers should not be obliged to work. The current so-called “woman in home” clause of the constitution says the Irish state will “endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be

Ireland’s 8 March Referendums: Does Irish government now wish it had kept its constitutional nose out of the Family?

March 07, 2024

The upcoming dual referendum in Ireland has begun to turn into a quagmire that the government may wish it had never embarked upon. Although polling shows that voters are tending towards Yes in both votes, known locally as the “Family and Care” amendments, the gap has narrowed as the vote approaches on March 8. The intervention of the

Irish bishops have it wrong: referendums needed to ‘reflect diversity of modern Ireland’

February 28, 2024

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A leading government official in Ireland has rejected claims by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference that suggests proposed changes to the Irish Constitution on the role and definition of family would weaken the incentive for young people to marry. On 8 March 2024, Irish citizens will be asked to vote in two referendums – called