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Ursula Quill, 31 January 2023
Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss: Potential and Limitations for Deliberative Democracy
Ireland's president convenes advisory body to discuss constitutionality of new asylum laws17 April 2026
PRESIDENT CATHERINE CONNOLLY has convened a meeting of the Council of State to discuss the constitutionality of the International Protection Bill 2026.
The Bil…
In Ireland, U.N. committee calls for another constitutional referendum on care provision8 July 2025
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today published the concluding observations of its eighth periodic review of Ireland…
Multiple constitutional referendums under consideration in Ireland2 May 2024
The government is currently considering multiple constitutional referendums, including on housing, giving non-resident citizens a vote in Presidential elections…
In Ireland, voters reject referendums on definition of family and recognition of care11 March 2024
The Care referendum - on the proposed 40th amendment of the constitution - has been emphatically defeated by an even higher margin than the Family referendum th…
In Ireland, politicians present arguments for and against upcoming constitutional referendums on definition of family and recognition of care28 February 2024
On 8 March, in under two weeks, the public is being asked to have their say in two separate referendum votes.
One — called The Care Amendment — proposes the r…