The World - News from April 25, 1986
Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald’s government has introduced a bill calling for a referendum on removing the constitutional ban against divorce in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. The bill proposes an amendment allowing the government to introduce legislation that would permit divorce--but only after a court was satisfied a marriage had failed for five years. FitzGerald said he hopes the bill will pass in time to hold the referendum before the July recess.
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