Ireland has no plans to follow the UK and introduce civil partnerships for opposite-sex couples
The government said that there are no plans to change the law in Ireland.
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The government said that there are no plans to change the law in Ireland.
Here are the latest statistics on births, deaths and marriages.
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There were 335 male unions and 201 female unions in the first year civil partnerships became legal.
The figures from the Central Statistics Office also showed that 36.5 per cent of total births in January to March were to parents outside marriage.
Of these, 263 couples were male and 166 were female as GLEN describes the couples as “pioneers”.
The child protection report also recommends guardianship should apply to civil partnerships.
Large sections of the British Prime Minister’s Conservative party are fiercely opposed to the idea.
The guidelines point out rights and obligations attached to civil partnerships and protection for cohabiting couples.
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New CSO figures show there were 17,958 births in the second quarter, with the average mother aged 31.9.
The Dáil debates the Budget and the Expert Group report, while the Seanad allows secular bodies to perform civil ceremonies.
Data shows that 862 couples have entered civil partnerships in the 17 months since they were first permitted in Ireland.
Small changes in language could make a world of difference at the Constitutional Convention, writes Senator Katherine Zappone – so let’s get it right.
Many workers still feel they have to hide their sexual orientation, writes Davin Roche. Changing this would be good for business.
The Church says that it could be forced to stop conducting weddings on behalf of the state if gay marriage is legalised.
The Department of Finance commits to making the final changes necessary to give equal treatment to same-sex partners.
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Transgender people can currently only enter same-sex civil partnerships if their new gender was registered in another country.
A large Republican majority in the state House of Representatives is not enough to overturn laws allowing full gay marriage.
The Pope has denounced the “powerful” US gay marriage lobby, while Catholics in Britain have been urged to defend heterosexual unions.
Gay couples who were married in New York, Illinois, South Africa and other parts of the world will be recognised as being in a civil partnership under Irish law.
The Mayo-based group believes major parts of the Civil Partnership Act are in conflict with the Constitution and therefore illegal.
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The Bill will allow couples in civil partnerships to avail of income tax, stamp duty, capital acquisitions tax, capital gains tax and VAT benefits – just as married couples can.
California bishop Chester Talton said committed gay relationships are a “sacred union” and they will be officially recognised by the church from Sunday.
Judge Vaughn Walker, who retired a few months after his landmark decision, confirms that he himself is homosexual.
A couple from Dublin will be one of the first to be formally joined on Irish soil in a ceremony later today.
Catch up on the day’s main news, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed earlier.
A new survey shows that 8 out of 9 people in same-sex relationships believe a civil partnership to be a lesser institution.
A Christian couple is told their policy that unmarried couples – including homosexuals – cannot share rooms is unlawful.
The Commencement Order is signed to bring the Civil Partnership Act into law as of January 1 next year.
Protesters who feel the Civil Partnership Bill doesn’t go far enough will take to the streets at 2pm.
Proposition 8 overturned because gay people ‘don’t have the option of entering straight marriages’.