The Irish say “no” to the reform aimed at modernizing the references to women and the family in the Constitution. The government had proposed a reform of the Irish Constitution, drawn up in 1937 when the Catholic Church ruled the country.
The first question concerned the definition of family, and proposed expanding it beyond that based on marriage. The second proposed erasing an outdated reference to the role of women in the home, which suggests they have a duty to care for the other people under their roof.