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Micheál Martin: ‘no question’ single parents would be covered by amendment – AG: ‘difficult to predict’

Micheál Martin: ‘no question’ single parents would be covered by amendment – AG: ‘difficult to predict’

2 years ago 2 min read
Micheál Martin in early March said there was “no question” single-parent families would be covered by the proposed family constitutional amendment – despite having received advice from the attorney general months before that this wasn’t the case.
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Attorney general’s advice to government on two referenda in full

Attorney general’s advice to government on two referenda in full

2 years ago 1 min read
On 8 December, 2023 attorney general Rossa Fanning wrote to minister Roderic O’Gorman with his advice to government ahead of tomorrow‘s two constitutional referenda. Government wouldn’t publish it. Here it is. Download it at the links above and below.
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Attorney general: No certainty on courts' interpretation of durable relationships

Attorney general: No certainty on courts' interpretation of durable relationships

2 years ago 2 min read
The attorney general told minister for children Roderic O’Gorman, “It is difficult to predict with certainty how the Irish courts would interpret the concept of ‘other durable relationships.'"
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‘There is therefore uncertainty as to the likely meaning and effect of an obligation to "strive"’: attorney general to Roderic O’Gorman in unpublished advice

‘There is therefore uncertainty as to the likely meaning and effect of an obligation to "strive"’: attorney general to Roderic O’Gorman in unpublished advice

2 years ago 3 min read
The attorney general told minister for children Roderic O’Gorman there is legal “uncertainty” about the government’s proposed care amendment to the constitution and the legal obligations it would place on the
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Ex-spy among Israeli ex-intelligence agents in Ireland

Ex-spy among Israeli ex-intelligence agents in Ireland

2 years ago 3 min read
An ex-spy and a special forces commander who had a “classified” role at the Israeli prime minister’s office are among the more than 20 Israelis living in Ireland with links to their state’s intelligence services.
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