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In July 2018, Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan announced the intention of the government to hold a referendum deleting Article 41.2 from the Constitution. [8] This was to be held on the same day as the 2018 presidential election and a referendum to remove the offence of blasphemy. However, a decision of the Joint Oireachtas ...
five to seven members appointed by the President of Ireland: the Chairperson, a current or former judge of the superior courts, nominated by the Chief Justice, appointed for a seven-year term; four to six experts recommended by the Commission for Public Service Appointments and nominated by the government with Oireachtas approval for a four ...
8 March The report of a 20-year survey by The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland revealed that 56% of Ireland's native plant species are in decline due to habitat loss, altered grazing pressure, and degradation (re-seeding, over-fertilising, nitrogen deposition, herbicides, soil drainage, mineral enrichment), rather than rising temperatures whose botanical effects – so far – are minor.
A proposal to amend the Constitution of Ireland must be initiated as a bill in Dáil Éireann, be passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas (parliament), then submitted to a referendum, and finally signed into law by the president of Ireland. Since the constitution entered into force on 29 December 1937, there have been 32 amendments to the ...
Ireland had consistently criticized Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and Gaza before the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, which killed roughly 1,200 people and saw 250 taken hostage.
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Ireland a "full democracy" in 2022. [5] [needs update] According to the V-Dem Democracy indices Ireland was the "7th most electoral democratic country" in the world in 2023. [6]
Date Effect 2 June 1924 Establishment of the Department of Justice [6] 1 January 1983 Transfer of Adoption to the Department of Health [7] 3 February 1993 Transfer of Civil law reform, civil legal aid and the family mediation service to the Department of Equality and Law Reform [8] 8 July 1997
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