Divorce laws may face adjustment, claims report

The Government may have to amend Ireland’s divorce laws as part of plans to bring greater harmony to the system throughout Europe, reports today claimed.

Reports said the European Commission had given member states until the end of September to come up with proposals on achieving greater harmony.

The reports said this could pave the way for some divorces without the four-year separation clause included in the 1995 divorce referendum.

More harmony could also allow non-Irish EU citizens to seek a divorce in Ireland under the laws of their own State.