Ireland votes overwhelmingly to relax strict divorce law

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Voters favour removal of provision requiring couples to live separately for four of five years before dissolving their marriage

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Some 82% of voters cast their ballots in favour of removing a provision requiring couples to live separately for four out of the previous five years before dissolving their marriage. At present Irish divorce law is regarded as among the most restrictive in Europe. It is thought to be responsible for the republic having the lowest separation rate of any EU member state, according to 2015 figures from the country’s central statistics office.

 

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