Time for a vote on same-sex marriage

Whatever your views on same-sex marriage, it is to be hoped that the Constitutional Convention today recommends a change in Bunreacht na hEireann and that the government then provides for a referendum on the issue.

If the delegates vote for change today, the government must then consider in the coming months whether to allow a referendum on the issue.

A referendum on the abolition of the Seanad is already scheduled for the second ...