Ireland to vote on retention of 8th Amendment in summer of 2018

Latest: A referendum on abortion rights will likely be held next summer, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Update 7pm: A referendum on abortion rights will likely be held next summer, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

The vote on the Eighth Amendment to the Republic's Constitution - which states that the right to life of the mother and the unborn child are equal - is due in May or June.