A University of Limerick (UL) Associate Professor took aim at Michael McDowell last week, after the Independent Senator published an op-ed explaining why he was voting ‘no’ in Ireland’s two upcoming referendums.
The votes, which are both set to take place on March 8th this year, would amend the constitutionally-protected role of mothers as homemakers, and would also change the definition of the family under Irish law. Ahead of these referendums, Senator McDowell decided to write an Irish Times op-ed last Wednesday outlining his legal reasons for opposing the change.
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