# constitutional-convention - Thursday 21 September, 2017
Dun Laoghaire TD Richard Boyd Barrett has called the government “shameful” for not supporting the Bill.
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# constitutional-convention - Tuesday 21 June, 2016
In 2012 when the Constitutional Convention was set up there were concerns about lobbying – but transparency is needed if Citizen’s Assembly is going to work.
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# constitutional-convention - Monday 28 December, 2015
However, the Taoiseach would not be drawn on any possible date for a referendum on the matter.
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# constitutional-convention - Saturday 28 November, 2015
The Taoiseach was speaking at a meeting of the British Irish Council in London.
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# constitutional-convention - Saturday 23 May, 2015
There were 1,412,602 votes against.
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# constitutional-convention - Monday 18 May, 2015
The presidential age referendum is a watered-down version of attempts at real political reform.
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# constitutional-convention - Sunday 29 March, 2015
Voting on marriage rights should be just one part of a national effort to address the serious social and material inequalities that plague Ireland.
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# constitutional-convention - Saturday 31 January, 2015
Congratulations, you’ve been elected! Luckily you can avoid living up to any promises you’ve made – just follow this guide.
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# constitutional-convention - Thursday 15 January, 2015
The Government had committed to holding a vote on the issue back in 2013.
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# constitutional-convention - Saturday 3 January, 2015
The response to the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention on political reform reveals the truth about the Government’s attitude to democracy.
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# constitutional-convention - Thursday 20 November, 2014
Like many, events of last week and last weekend have shaken my certainty in Irish democracy. The wicked go unpunished and the good go unrewarded.
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# constitutional-convention - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
A decision on whether to hold a referendum to allow the Irish diaspora to vote in presidential elections is to be made shortly.
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# constitutional-convention - Monday 31 March, 2014
The report of the Constitutional Convention recommends the removal of the blasphemy offence from the Irish Constitution.
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# constitutional-convention - Wednesday 26 March, 2014
The timeframe for the Government to respond to the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention regarding the voting rights of Irish abroad has elapsed, write Oliver Moran and Sarah Cantwell.
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# constitutional-convention - Tuesday 4 March, 2014
We must rail against the insidious notion that moral norms are not rights at all but, rather, privileges bestowed upon us by our kindly masters, writes Dr Tom Hickey.
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# constitutional-convention - Sunday 23 February, 2014
They will decide whether to recommend if the rights to housing, social welfare and emergency health care should be in the Constitution.
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# constitutional-convention - Saturday 22 February, 2014
The convention is meeting for the last time in it’s 15-month process with economic, social and cultural rights the topics of the day.
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# constitutional-convention - Friday 21 February, 2014
The denial of the right to a home leads to homelessness – but is also leads to a society with massive mortgage arrears, rocketing rents, and families living in fear of eviction, writes Sr Stanislaus Kennedy.
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# constitutional-convention - Thursday 20 February, 2014
This weekend the Constitutional Convention will consider the issue of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Peter McVerry Trust believes this is the perfect opportunity for the right to a home to be included in the Constitution.
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# constitutional-convention - Sunday 2 February, 2014
More than 60 per cent of members also supported the introduction of ‘family-friendly’ hours for TDs.
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# constitutional-convention - Saturday 1 February, 2014
The Constitutional Convention will meet today and tomorrow to discuss whether the Dáil needs an overhaul. What do you think?
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January is (finally!) over. Here are the nine things you need to know as your weekend – and February – begins.
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The Constitutional Convention will discuss Dáil reform this weekend.
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# constitutional-convention - Monday 27 January, 2014
The Convention on the Constitution want the offence replaced.
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# constitutional-convention - Sunday 29 December, 2013
Enda Kenny will campaign for a Yes vote in the same-sex marriage referendum, but does not agree with Eamon Gilmore’s assessment that it is the “civil rights issue of this generation”.
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# constitutional-convention - Tuesday 17 December, 2013
“The intended referendum is about one thing only: the question of who is permitted to marry in the eyes of the State”.
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# constitutional-convention - Wednesday 27 November, 2013
Family and social life has changed radically since our Constitution was published in 1937, resulting in many Irish families today being effectively ignored by society. But that can all change, writes Karen Kiernan.
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# constitutional-convention - Tuesday 5 November, 2013
Following a Cabinet meeting earlier today, the government has confirmed plans for a referendum in the first half of 2014.
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# constitutional-convention - Sunday 3 November, 2013
The Constitutional Convention has held its seventh meeting in Dublin this weekend.
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# constitutional-convention - Saturday 2 November, 2013
They said the blasphemy reference has been used to justify violence and oppression against minorities in other parts of the world.
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It meets for the seventh time today, but has it been a success?
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The Constitutional Convention will spend the next two days debating whether or not the blasphemy provision should get the boot.
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# constitutional-convention - Friday 1 November, 2013
The government is due to outline its plans for a referendum on same-sex marriage after discussions at Cabinet next Tuesday.
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# constitutional-convention - Wednesday 23 October, 2013
The convention are looking to get ideas from the public about what constitutional issues should be tackled next.
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# constitutional-convention - Monday 14 October, 2013
It will hold eight public meetings around Ireland in towns and cities including Monaghan, Cork and Sligo.
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# constitutional-convention - Sunday 29 September, 2013
The convention will recommend to the Government that they should consider a referendum on extending voting rights in Presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside the state.
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# constitutional-convention - Tuesday 27 August, 2013
More than half of delegates at the constitutional convention think the number of members in the Dáil should be left unchanged.
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# constitutional-convention - Tuesday 23 July, 2013
The Constitutional Convention has made substantial recommendations, including on sensitive topics such as gender equality and same-sex marriage. We can only hope the government passes the recommendations on to the people, writes Dr Matthew Wall.
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# constitutional-convention - Friday 12 July, 2013
Of these, 263 couples were male and 166 were female as GLEN describes the couples as “pioneers”.
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# constitutional-convention - Wednesday 10 July, 2013
The referendum is likely to be held on the same day as a number of other votes designed to modernise the Constitution.
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