Tomorrow, there will be a referendum to change the constitutional provisions regulating divorce in Ireland. The proposed changes are:

The 2014 annual report from the Legal Aid Board shows 902 people sought asylum-related legal services, an increase of 27% on 2013.

Applicants for civil legal aid are waiting almost two years to secure the services of a solicitor as the Legal Aid Board struggles to deal with a 70% increase in demand in seven years.

DIVORCE is traumatic enough without having to wait two years to get your case heard and sort out your life in a courthouse hall.

By Mary Dundon, Political Reporter THOUSANDS of couples are forced to wait up to two years to have their divorce cases heard, a Law Society survey revealed.