Constitution ‘inconsistent’ with life

CHILDCARE costs, the Irish Mammy and Bunreacht na hÉireann (the Irish Constitution).

Article 41 of the Constitution specifically recognises the special place of the woman in the home and that she should not be forced, out of economic necessity, into the workplace.

It states: “In particular, the State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved.