Latest: Citizens Assembly votes to give power to Oireachtas regarding abortion

Update 7.25pm:The Citizens' Assembly has voted by 51 to 38 to replace the Eighth Amendment with a provision giving explicit power to the Oireachtas to legislate for abortion, the rights of the unborn and the rights of the pregnant woman.

Latest: Citizens Assembly votes to give power to Oireachtas regarding abortion

Update 7.25pm:The Citizens' Assembly has voted by 51 to 38 to replace the Eighth Amendment with a provision giving explicit power to the Oireachtas to legislate for abortion, the rights of the unborn and the rights of the pregnant woman.

It marked the end of a busy day in Malahide, which was interrupted mid-morning by a power outage for a short while.

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