The growing Irish family must finally include gay married couples

The Consitutional clause on the Irish family should include same-sex married couples, writes Fergus Finlay.

WE will be talking a lot about children and families over the next few months, because we will be asked to include a clause on marriage in our Constitution.

There isn’t one at the moment. That was a surprise to me, because I assumed that the Constitution dealt with marriage and how it’s defined. But it doesn’t. It deals with the family. What it says about the family is important, and has influenced public policy over many years.