Jim O’Brien: I’ll be voting ‘yes’ to wipe disgraceful misogynistic texts from a Constitution that was written in an Ireland that no longer exists
Referendums are an opportunity to shine some 21st-century light in the dark corners of the 1937 articles
The outdated Constitution text is offensive to women, especially those with children. Photo: Picture posed/Getty
As polling day for the referendums approaches, I can almost feel the shadows of Eamon De Valera and John Charles McQuaid looming over us.
The pair are credited with co-authoring the 1937 Constitution with the Code of Canon Law in one hand and a catechism in the other.
