Irish Times
THE ALL-PARTY consensus on the children’s rights referendum could be eroded if the poll is not held soon, Fianna Fáil TD Mary O’Rourke has warned.
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Irish Times
THE GOVERNMENT is unlikely to hold a planned referendum on children’s rights this year due to concerns over how the wording of an amendment to . . . → Read More: Children’s rights poll unlikely before 2011
Irish Examiner
THERE were fresh calls yesterday for the Government to name the date for a referendum on Children’s Rights, after Minister for Children Barry Andrews said . . . → Read More: Date for children’s referendum sought
Irish Independent
The Government was criticised today for its slow response in protecting children in the wake of a sickening report into the cover-up of clerical abuse.
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Irish Times
THE REFERENDUM on children’s rights should be held on its own, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan told the Dáil. She said she was expressing a personal view.
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Irish Times
FIANNA FÁIL backbencher Mary O’Rourke called on the Government to name the date for the referendum on children’s rights. She said much work was done . . . → Read More: O’Rourke calls for children’s rights referendum date
Irish Examiner
CHANGES to the Constitution which would enshrine the rights of the child would also cease discrimination on grounds of parents’ marital status and open the way for . . . → Read More: Rights of child move could pave way for adoptions
Irish Examiner
THERE was a broad welcome for the proposed constitutional amendment enshrining the rights of the child yesterday. Child law expert Dr Ursula Kilkelly, of UCC’s Law Faculty . . . → Read More: Children’s groups welcome proposed Constitutional amendment
Irish Times
THE PROPOSED wording for a referendum on children’s rights has been unanimously agreed by the all-party Committee on the Constitution, which will launch its final report tomorrow.
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Irish Times
THE GOVERNMENT is considering referendum proposals on children’s rights,
It is also pondering a referendum on the establishment of a court of civil appeal and an amendment . . . → Read More: Referendum on children’s rights considered