Theatre
100-year-old family drama with echoes of today’s referendums
Irish artists have a long tradition of questioning the sanctified position of the family in Irish life
If you are reading this column on Sunday morning, the nation will have already decided whether or not to make a series of amendments to Article 41 of Bunreacht na hEireann, the foundational constitution of the Irish state.
In the last decade, the country has made constitutional changes that have seemed more imperative. The 2015 marriage equality referendum and the abortion referendum of 2018 both referred to tangible human rights: the right to equal partnership ...
