The party’s Director of Elections, Minister Josepha Madigan, said the current four-year wait period before someone can even apply for a divorce puts an enormous toll on many people.
Director of Elections Josepha Madigan said the current four-year wait period before someone can even apply for a divorce puts an enormous toll on many people. Under the Constitution as it stands a couple can only divorce if they have lived apart for four years out of the previous five.
Fine Gael has secured cross-party support for the referendum proposals. Ms Madigan said couples are left in limbo under the current law: "They are often caught in a long-drawn out court process that only serves to increase acrimony in the long run. "Family relationships become further strained, often beyond repair. This surely cannot be acceptable in modern Ireland." However, concerns have been raised about putting the time period for divorce into the hands of the Oireachtas. Director of the Iona Institute, David Quinn, said divorce should not be made quick and easy for a couple because of the legal commitment they have entered into. He said if the text is removed completely from the Constitution it could result in future governments reducing the time period for divorce even further. Read More:
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