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The legalisation of same-sex marriage in Ireland was a triumph for deliberative democracy, as well as equality
Ireland recently became a world leader in being not only the first country to legalise same-sex marriage via the route of a referendum, but also by incorporating the change into its constitution. The scene for the changes were set by the Irish constitutional referendum, which Clodagh Harris argues means that these developments are a triumph […]
The UK has much to learn from the Irish constitutional convention
At its party conference back in September, Labour called for a UK constitutional convention. What can be learned from the experiences of Ireland and its own convention? Clodagh Harris writes that whatever remit is chosen for the UK convention, it is necessary that its work is inclusive, well resourced, allocated sufficient time, open, and has a clearly defined timeline for governmental response if it is to […]
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