Abortion vote date may be in jeopardy

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted the planned May date for the abortion referendum is in jeopardy unless the Dáil sits on Friday to ensure the timeline remains on track.

Mr Varadkar said that the Government will effectively lose 10 days in the referendum build-up unless it holds an emergency Dáil debate this week.

As previously reported by the Irish Examiner, the Cabinet had intended to formally sign off on the ‘repeal and enable legislation’ referendum question yesterday.