# constitution - Today’s News
# constitution - Saturday 18 May, 2013
The members of the convention voted by 57 to 41 per cent not to write to the Taoiseach seeking an opportunity to discuss the abolition of the chamber.
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# constitution - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Michael D Higgins won the Irish presidential elections based on his vision of a ‘radically inclusive Republic’. So how could anyone be surprised about him elaborating on that vision, asks Maura Adshead.
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# constitution - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
The Convention on the Constitution submitted its recommendation to the Oireachtas today.
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# constitution - Monday 29 April, 2013
Chief Justice Susan Denham said the circumstances were “very tragic” but that there was no Constitutional ‘right to die’.
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# constitution - Saturday 27 April, 2013
The Constitution is clear and unambiguous when it comes to the implications of abortion legislation – and pro-life parliamentarians should not try to distort it, write law lecturers Fiona de Londras and Laura Graham.
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# constitution - Friday 19 April, 2013
Tensions are high this week between the judicial and executive branches of government, writes Roderic O’Gorman, who says if we want a truly independent judiciary, we must be prepared to undertake radical reform.
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# constitution - Sunday 14 April, 2013
The convention has been meeting this weekend to discuss the issue of same-sex marriage.
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# constitution - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
The recently completed HSE report into the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar’s death has pointed to Ireland’s unworkable legal situation as a significant factor in her medical treatment, writes Clara Fischer.
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# constitution - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
The Constitutional Convention has officially submitted its recommendation that a referendum be held on lowering the voting age.
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# constitution - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
The that fact a garda believes TDs are exempt from penalty points, and a TD evidently agreed, shows a basic misunderstanding of the purpose of parliamentary privilege, writes Eoin O’Malley.
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# constitution - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Five years ago, over 500,000 people were displaced and more than 1,500 killed in post-election violence in Kenya. Now, NGOs are working to manage humanitarian situation ahead of the country’s next election this Monday, writes Ivy Ndiewo.
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# constitution - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
The new Child and Family Support Agency will be one of the largest public bodies in the State – and it’s going to require a major cultural shift, writes Paul Gilligan.
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Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, wants to overturn the laws which make it a criminal offence to help someone take their own life.
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# constitution - Sunday 17 February, 2013
A vast majority of the delegates voted to change the article, with 98 per cent supporting a proposal to make it gender-neutral.
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# constitution - Saturday 16 February, 2013
At its second meeting, the convention is looking at Article 41.2, which recognises woman’s life within the home and how it supports the State.
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# constitution - Friday 15 February, 2013
The former taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael argues that including suicidal risk in forthcoming legislation is not consistent with Article 40.3.3 which protests the life of the unborn child.
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# constitution - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Is the special prominence given to the place of the women in the home now out of date?
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# constitution - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention’s first full meeting this weekend also backed a proposal for ordinary citizens to be able to nominate a candidate for the president.
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# constitution - Saturday 26 January, 2013
The 100-member Constitutional Convention holds its first full weekend of deliberations in Malahide this weekend.
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# constitution - Thursday 10 January, 2013
MS sufferer Marie Fleming has challenged Ireland’s ban on assisted suicide, saying she faces a long and “horrible death” if not allowed to die on her own terms.
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Wednesday marked the second day of Oireachtas hearings on how to implement the government’s decision to legislate for the X Case with legal opinions being heard.
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# constitution - Saturday 29 December, 2012
The move is a blow for French president Francois Hollande who had made the planned 75 per cent tax rate his centrepiece tax measure.
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# constitution - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
The referendum on the constitution passed earlier this week with a low turnout doing little to assuage the fears of the opposition.
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# constitution - Monday 24 December, 2012
Opponents to the new constitution have said it will weaken human rights, particularly women’s rights and undermine the independence of the judiciary.
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# constitution - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Leo O’Reilly, Bishop of Kilmore, says some supporters of the proposed abortion bill see it only as “the first stage”.
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# constitution - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
The four Catholic Archbishops of Ireland have said that the government’s decision to press ahead with legislation for abortion in line with the X Case “should be of the utmost concern to all”.
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# constitution - Sunday 16 December, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood says the Yes vote won 57-43 in yesterday’s votes, but the referendum is not finished yet.
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# constitution - Saturday 15 December, 2012
As the world reacts to the latest mass shooting in America, we ask you whether you believe a tightening of America’s gun laws will make any lasting difference?
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# constitution - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
The Supreme Court delivers its full ruling into why the Government’s website for the Children’s Referendum was not impartial.
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# constitution - Sunday 9 December, 2012
President Mohamed Morsi has annulled the decree which gave him wide-ranging powers but the referendum on a controversial draft constitution will go ahead this coming week.
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# constitution - Saturday 8 December, 2012
This will be the the politician’s sixth bid to become prime minister, a post he has held three times already.
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# constitution - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Five demonstrators died overnight as supporters and opponents of president Mohamed Morsi fought outside the presidential palace.
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# constitution - Sunday 2 December, 2012
The court had been due to rule on the legality of the Islamist-dominated constituent assembly, which drafted a new constitution that was announced yesterday.
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Convention chairman Tom Arnold says citizen members are entitled not to be bombarded with unwanted contact.
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# constitution - Saturday 1 December, 2012
The 100-member body, two-thirds of which is drawn from the general public, is meeting in Dublin Castle this afternoon.
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The group consists of 66 ordinary citizens, 29 members of the Oireachtas and four members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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# constitution - Friday 30 November, 2012
Giant crowds of protesters took to the streets, shouting: “No to tyranny!”
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Concerns have been raised about the content of the constitution and its potential restriction on freedom of expression.
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# constitution - Sunday 11 November, 2012
We keep you up to date on commentary and local results as we await an official national result from the Dublin Castle count centre by mid-afternoon.
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# constitution - Thursday 8 November, 2012
The government’s scaled-down version of ChildrensReferendum.ie needed amending this evening after it omitted part of the referendum being held on Saturday.
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