Almost 70% of the electorate rejected such a notion.
Rossa Fanning
The constitution was given to us, the electorate, to guard.
Senior Counsel Cormac Ó Dúlacháin on referendums: “Not even the Oireachtas will have the power to decide” what ‘durable relationships’ mean.
Who does know?
In the event that you’re shocked by a “YES” win, it might be worth bearing the above factors in mind.
After all, everybody knows that misinformation can only come from the hated “far right”, right?
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan says that it will be up to the courts to define what “durable relationships” mean with “flexibility for a legal judgment in individual cases”.