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Daily Archives: October 31, 2012

Striking a better balance between democracy and regulation

Theresa Reidy and myself had a piece in the Irish Times earlier this week on the need to think about change for referendum rules. Many of the comments on The Irish Times site were from no voters in the Children’s Referendum who appeared to think that we would seek to ensure that their voices are…

October 31, 2012 in Constitution.

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