Information about the two referendums

       

Dear Supporter,

As you know, Ireland is holding two referendums on March 8, one on the family and one on carers. The one on the family will further downgrade the relative position of marriage in Irish law and society. The second will remove the words 'mother' and 'woman' (in the context of home) from the Constitution as well as removing the necessity to try and protect mothers from being forced out of the home by economic necessity, a move we think is retrograde.

The Iona Institute has produced two memos you may find of some use in seeking to understand the two referendums. You can find the one on the family amendment here and the one on the carers' amendment here. 

Maria Steen gave a talk last month on the two referendums and you can find her talk here. You will also find an audio of the talk here.

Finally, we published the findings of a new opinion poll conducted by Amarach Research and commissioned by the Iona Institute which found that 69pc of mothers would prefer to stay at home than go out to work given the chance. We released the results last week and they have already been quoted in the debate. You can find the results here.

We hope you find these resources of help. 

Regards,

David Quinn