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Ireland's Constitution says a woman's place is in the home. Voters are being asked to change that

DUBLIN (AP) — According to Ireland’s Constitution, a woman’s place is in the home. Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove ...
Irish Central

Why is this sexist statement not being removed from the Irish constitution?

The highly anticipated referendum on removing the Irish constitutional reference to a woman’s place remaining in the home has been postponed. An Irish government committee has called for more ...
Irish Central

Taoiseach admits parts of Irish constitution are “sexist and still backward”

Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar. RollingNews Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has told the first gathering of women in parliaments across the world that many aspects of the Irish ...
New York Post

Ireland rejects controversial constitutional amendments changing language on family, women

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded defeat in the vote over two constitutional amendments that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role at ...
National Catholic Register

Irish Voters Reject Constitutional Overhaul of Motherhood and Family

DUBLIN — “The best possible present ahead of Mother’s Day.” That’s how pro-family campaigner David Quinn described the March 8 defeat of two referendums in Ireland that would have broadened the ...
Catholic News Agency

Irish voters keep motherhood, traditional family in constitution

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Saturday that voters had delivered “two wallops” to the government, which had pushed for a "Yes" vote on a pair of March 8 referendums. “Clearly we got it wrong, ...
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Ireland’s Constitution says a woman’s place is in the home. Voters are being asked to change that

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DUBLIN (AP) — According to Ireland’s ...
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Ireland’s Constitution says a woman’s place is in the home. Voters are being asked to change that

A woman arrives to vote in a referendum on the proposed changes to the wording of the Constitution relating to the areas of family and care are seen at Treasa Naofa on Donore Avenue, Dublin , in ...