Tag: One Family

#OTD in 1997 – After a contentious court battle contesting the referendum, the new divorce law in the Republic is enacted.

27/02/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

The amendment was narrowly approved by 50.23 percent of the voters — a 9,118-ballot margin out of 1.6 million cast. The first divorce in Ireland, granted to a terminally ill man who wished to marry his new partner, was a harbinger of the decline of the Catholic Church’s power over the Republic. Fears that divorce […]

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#OTD in 1997 – After a contentious court battle contesting the referendum, the new divorce law in the Republic is enacted.

27/02/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

The amendment was narrowly approved by 50.23 percent of the voters — a 9,118-ballot margin out of 1.6 million cast. The first divorce in Ireland, granted to a terminally ill man who wished to marry his new partner, was a harbinger of the decline of the Catholic Church’s power over the Republic. Fears that divorce […]

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#OTD in 1997 – After a contentious court battle contesting the referendum, the new divorce law in the Republic is enacted.

27/02/2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The amendment was narrowly approved by 50.23 percent of the voters — a 9,118-ballot margin out of 1.6 million cast. Fears that divorce would lead to the end of family life in Ireland have proven unfounded, according to ‘One Family’, the organisation that supports people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating. Reflecting on the anniversary […]

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#OTD in 1997 – After a contentious court battle contesting the referendum, the new divorce law in the Republic is enacted.

27/02/2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The amendment was narrowly approved by 50.23 percent of the voters — a 9,118-ballot margin out of 1.6 million cast. Fears that divorce would lead to the end of family life in Ireland have proven unfounded, according to ‘One Family’, the organisation that supports people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating. Reflecting on the anniversary […]

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#OTD in 1997 – After a contentious court battle contesting the referendum, the new divorce law in the Republic is enacted.

27/02/2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The amendment was narrowly approved by 50.23 percent of the voters — a 9,118-ballot margin out of 1.6 million cast. Fears that divorce would lead to the end of family life in Ireland have proven unfounded, according to ‘One Family’, the organisation that supports people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating. Reflecting on the anniversary […]

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#OTD in 1997 – After a contentious court battle contesting the referendum, the new divorce law in the Republic is enacted.

27/02/2018.Reading time 1 minute.

The amendment was narrowly approved by 50.23 percent of the voters — a 9,118-ballot margin out of 1.6 million cast. Fears that divorce would lead to the end of family life in Ireland have proven unfounded, according to ‘One Family’, the organisation that supports people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating. Reflecting on the anniversary […]

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#OTD in 1997 – Divorce became legal in Ireland.

27/02/2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The amendment was narrowly approved by 50.23 percent of the voters — a 9,118-ballot margin out of 1.6 million cast. Fears that divorce would lead to the end of family life in Ireland have proven unfounded, according to ‘One Family’, the organisation that supports people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating. Reflecting on the anniversary […]

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1997 – Divorce becomes legal in Ireland implementing the results of the 1995 constitutional referendum to amend the constitution.

27/02/2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The amendment was narrowly approved by 50.23 percent of the voters — a 9,118-ballot margin out of 1.6 million cast. Fears that divorce would lead to the end of family life in Ireland have proven unfounded, according to ‘One Family’, the organisation that supports people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating. Reflecting on the anniversary […]

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