Why it’s important to vote yes in children’s referendum

I HAVE a feeling that in years to come the single most important element of the constitutional amendment we are being asked to vote for in November will be the first bit.

I honestly believe that it is the thing that might do most to change the way we see children and childhood for ever.

It’s the bit that says: “The State recognises and affirms the natural and imprescriptible rights of all children and shall, as far as practicable, by its laws protect and vindicate those rights.”