Labour plans new constitution

LABOUR has revealed an ambitious plan to have a new constitution in place for the centenary of the 1916 proclamation.

The party wants a 90-member constitutional convention involving citizens to review the country’s ageing laws and draft a replacement within 12 months.

A third would be ordinary people randomly selected from the electoral register, another third would represent civil society bodies and academia, with the final 30 nominated by the Oireachtas.