# court referendum

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AS IT HAPPENED

The Seanad is here to stay as referendum defeated

“Sometimes in politics, you get a wallop in the electoral process” – Enda Kenny

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Oct 5th 2013, 9:56 PM

# court referendum

Court of Appeal referendum passes comfortably

All the major political parties campaigned for a ‘Yes’ vote which won by a 2:1 majority.

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Oct 5th 2013, 7:11 PM

# Referendums

'We don’t really simplify things that are straightforward': Ballot papers cause confusion

The green and white papers caused a bit of confusion yesterday.

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Oct 5th 2013, 9:49 AM

# Let's vote

Get out the vote: Polls open across the country for two referenda

The campaigning is over. Now it’s over to you.

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Oct 4th 2013, 7:00 AM

# Get out the vote

Minister expects low turnout and senators to respect referendum result

Phil Hogan said he’s not worried about claims senators may disrupt the government’s legislative agenda if the public votes to abolish the Seanad. Though he was speaking before last night’s defeat in the chamber.

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Oct 3rd 2013, 10:27 AM

# court referendum

'It's certainly not a catwalk': 'Reservoir TDs' unite for Yes vote in Court referendum

It’s about as sexy as a referendum to establish a new court can possibly get.

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Oct 1st 2013, 3:31 PM

# Seanad referendum

Poll indicates Seanad referendum will pass, but a fifth don't know how they'll vote

Still a large number of undecideds according a poll in the Irish Times this morning.

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Sep 30th 2013, 7:39 AM

# Court of Appeal referendum

Explainer: What is the Court of Appeal Referendum all about?

All the questions you were embarrassed to ask – answered.

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Sep 29th 2013, 9:15 AM

# sexing up

Pic: Alan Shatter's Court of Appeal roadshow

The Minister for Justice wants you to vote ‘Yes’, and isn’t afraid to ask.

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Sep 28th 2013, 12:50 PM

# court referendum

Shatter: One judgment rule change will allow judges to assert their independence

If the referendum is passed next week, as well as setting up a Court of Appeal between the High Court and the Supreme Court, the so-called ‘one judgment’ rule will be removed from the Constitution.

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Sep 26th 2013, 8:49 AM

# Courts

DPP issues warning to media on risks of pre-trial reporting

DPP Claire Loftus said that journalists have ‘a high degree of responsibility’ to ensure that they do not cause a trial to be delayed or even postponed.

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Sep 18th 2013, 11:45 AM

# Dáil

They're back: Here are 8 questions we're asking ahead of the new Dáil term

The Seanad is also back but will it be abolished? We look at that and seven other questions ahead of the return of TDs and Senators this week.

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Sep 16th 2013, 6:45 AM

# court referendum

On the fence: Independent TD is 'not explicitly advocating a No vote' in court referendum

Mattie McGrath is worried the Government will have too much power to nominate judges but has stopped short of calling for a ‘No’ vote in the Court of Appeal referendum.

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Sep 11th 2013, 2:27 PM

# Shatter says

Here is Alan Shatter's quick guide to the Court of Appeal referendum

With so much debate on the Seanad referendum it is easy to forget the other thing we are being asked to vote on next month.

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Sep 11th 2013, 7:15 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you want to establish a Court of Appeal?

There hasn’t been much debate about it but there is a second referendum being held on 4 October.

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Sep 8th 2013, 10:30 AM

# Consensus

The Court of Appeal referendum is one thing all political parties are agreed on

Fine Gael, Labour, Fianna Fáil, and Sinn Féin will all be calling for a Yes vote in the referendum to establish a Court of Appeal but their campaigns are expected to be low-key.

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Sep 8th 2013, 7:30 AM

# referendum day

Referendum day is just over four weeks away...

The Referendum Commission today began its information campaign on both votes with Justice Elizabeth Dunne saying there has been scant debate on one of the issues.

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Sep 5th 2013, 2:14 PM