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The Care Amendment has garnered the highest ever No vote of the 38 referendums to have taken place in the history of the State.

It’s been exciting and underwhelming at the same time, and the mixed emotions can be seen in the snaps from count centres.

My first Dublin vote will not be an easy one, and the weight of it will sit heavier than in 1999 when the Leaving Cert and getting a summer job trumped who I thought should become a county councillor

Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys and Aontú’s Sarah O’Reilly set out the arguments for Yes and No votes on 8 March.

The Irish Catholic Bishops express concern over the wording in the constitution. 

We’re joined by three of our journalists to delve into everything you need about these referendums. What is the public being asked to vote on? Who is in favour of the changes, and who is against? Why is the vote being held at all?

On the March 8th referendum, the country will vote on two proposed amendments to articles in the Constitution, whic

Referendums on the constitutional references to family and the role of women in home will be held in March.

This submission is based on Human Rights Watch’s research on the use of chemical restraints in care settings carried out between 2016 and 2017 in the United States, between 2018 and 2021 in Australia, and as part of ongoing monitoring during the Covid-19 pandemic. It also draws on Human Rights Watch’s research in 2021 on lack of access to home and community-based support services in Russia.

The Australian government should end nursing homes’ use of chemical restraints to control the behavior of older people with dementia, Human Rights Watch said today.