Referendum on women’s place in home may still take place in autumn

There are fresh hopes of an autumn referendum on removing from the Constitution a reference to a woman’s place being in the home.

Government sources have said a planned early meeting of the Oireachtas justice committee to scrutinise the referendum wording could finish its work in time for a vote to be approved.

A failure to deal with legislation, before the Oireachtas summer break, triggered concern that the wording would not be approved in time for a likely October 26 vote.