WHILE the Children’s Rights Alliance has previously voiced its disappointment that a referendum on children’s rights has been repeatedly put on the long finger, we believe the Government’s reported decision now to delay the referendum until next year is the right one at this point of the process.

ALMOST two-thirds of people would support a constitutional amendment prohibiting abortion but allowing medical intervention to save a mother’s life, a poll reveals.

ALMOST two-thirds of people would support a constitutional amendment prohibiting abortion but allowing medical intervention to save a mother’s life, a poll reveals.

The State must commit to a date this year for the proposed referendum on the rights of the child, it was claimed tonight.