This afternoon Ivor Callely is supposed to be appearing at another sitting of the Seanad Select Committee of Members Interests investigating his mileage expenses. However word reached us yesterday via the Marian Finucane Programme that the Senator is in Oslo. (I got my spade out.) A little more investigation reveals that Ivor is the Head […]
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Last March following their spring meeting the Catholic Bishops issued a statement and published a leaflet on marriage and the family. Yesterday they met for the summer meeting and made another statement on the Civil Partnership Bill. * Protection and support for marriage and family Bishops discussed the statement Why Marriage Matters which was published […]
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(Enoc Burke – Campaign for Conscience, Photo from Red Mum) You may have heard there are a few protesters against the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 outside Leinster House for the past few months. From various Christian groups they are calling for a freedom of conscience clause for registrars and others as well as opposing rights […]
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At 10 am this morning in Committee Room 2, the Committee stage of the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 will reconvene. This is the stage where amendments are proposed and debated on the bill. The first part of these proceedings took place last month and saw a number of amendments tabled by the opposition. Some of […]
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Today’s Sunday Business Post reports that there will be changes to the Civil Partnership in the coming weeks and the legislation continues it’s progress through committee stage in the Dáil. Niamh O’Connor reports that the name of the Bill is to be changed to the Civil Partnership and Cohabitation Bill 2009 to reflect the fact […]
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