EU proposal would simplify divorce for international couples

IRELAND could have 25 sets of divorce laws if an EU proposal is passed.

But the choice would only apply to an Irish person married to someone from another EU member state, or to a non-Irish couple from the Union.

The proposals would allow a couple, one or both of whom are non-Irish, but who are living in Ireland, to choose what country’s divorce laws would apply to them — the country which either is from or the country where they are living.