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There has been Married couples
another increase in the Sturgeon Praises EU are set to face a reduced IRISH
number of people who are separation period of two
homeless. years before they can
Figures for April show Solidarity And divorce in Ireland. EXAMINER
10,378 people are now It follows a landslide refer-
living in emergency endum vote to liberalize the |
accommodation in Ireland Support For Ireland nation’s divorce laws.
- almost 3,800 of whom An 82% Yes vote was May
are children. of this morning at Dublin
A total of 1,729 families Castle.
confirmed in the early hours 29th,
were also recorded as Just 17% of the 1.7 million 2019
homelessness. people who voted opted for
That is an increase of No.
73 on the figures released Justice Minister Charlie
for the previous month. Flanagan is now set to bring
“The increase in those forward a Bill to amend
experiencing homeless- Section 5 of the Family Law
ness, the fourth in as many (Divorce) Act 1996 to reduce
months shows that some- the minimum living apart
thing is still very wrong period to two years during
with the way we are deal- the previous three years.
ing with homelessness,” However, he said “core
said Depaul CEO Kerry protections for marriage”
Anthony. will remain in the constitu-
tion.
“We know house build-
“The Government wants
ing is the real solution but to ensure that the process for
in the interim we need to obtaining a divorce is fair,
take measures that stop dignified and humane, and
people entering homeless- allows both parties to move
ness. forward with their lives with-
“We are urging people in a reasonable time frame,”
to stay sympathetic to he said.
those experiencing home- eople are waking up contrasting that with Ireland said. “It is therefore my inten-
“I want to see Scotland
that
to
the
fact
lessness. There is a danger PIreland is receiving that has been shown real sol- having the choice of inde- tion to reduce the living apart
idarity and support from the
with such high numbers more support from the European Union. pendence within this term of period to a minimum of two
that the public may see EU than Scotland is from “Suddenly this idea of the Scottish Parliament out of the preceding three
homelessness as an issue Westminster, Nicola being a small independent which ends in May 2021, so years and to do so by way of
that cannot be solved. That Sturgeon has said. country in the European towards the latter half of next ordinary legislation, which I
homelessness is simply a The Scottish First Minister Union, we only have to look year would be when I think is will bring forward as soon as
part of everyday life. This criticized the London gov- at Ireland to see the benefits the right time for that possible.”
Couples currently have to
cannot happen.” ernment for treating of that and many people are choice.” prove to a court that they
Housing Minister Scotland with “utter con- having their eyes opened.” Ms Sturgeon also said the have been separated for a
Eoghan Murphy says fam- tempt” over Brexit. Ms Sturgeon was speaking SNP has examined Ireland’s long period – four of the pre-
ily homelessness continues “We voted over 60% to in a public conversation with path to independence in their vious five years – before they
to be very challenging. C remain, we have tried very Dearbhail McDonald at the own planning. can secure a divorce.
hard in the wake of the UK- Royal Irish Academy in “The proposition that my Voters were asked to
The Housing Minister wide Brexit vote to find com- Dublin during a visit to party is putting forward now amend the state’s constitution
says websites should not promises and protect our Ireland today. is that we should follow the to hand politicians the power
be allowed to advertise interests, and we have She said she expects same path that Ireland fol- to set the length of the “pause
sub-standard accommo- worked hard across party Scotland will vote for inde- lowed when it became inde- period”.
dation. lines to try and prevent the pendence the next time a ref- pendent, we use the pound Couples can currently
worst impact of Brexit, and
erendum is held, adding that
which is our currency until
He provided an update we have been ignored,” she the relationship between her such times as the economic secure a judicial separation
on short-term letting regu- said during an event in nation and Ireland will grow conditions are right to move in a shorter time frame, but
lations to an Oireachtas Dublin. even stronger then. to an independent Scottish they must then proceed to a
Housing Committee on “Votes in the Scottish “There will be another currency, it’s a perfectly well- second legal stage to obtain
Wednesday morning. Parliament have been cast Scottish independence refer- trodden path,” she said. a formal court-approved
Eoghan Murphy said aside, they have even in the endum and I will make a pre- Ms Sturgeon will meet divorce.
Those advocating a No
publishers need to take process of the Brexit fiasco diction today that Scotland Irish business leaders, school vote had warned against the
responsibility for the prop- taken powers away from the will vote for independence children and Taoiseach Leo prospect of “quickie
erties they are advertising Scottish Parliament in order and we will become an inde- Varadkar during her visit to divorces”, expressing con-
online. to centralize how they deal pendent country just like Dublin. cern about giving politicians
He says the Government with all of this. Ireland, and the strong rela- She will stress the impor- a free hand to potentially
is considering legislation “Scotland has been treated tionship between our two tance of the Irish export mar- reduce the waiting time even
on the issue. C with contempt by countries now will become ket to Scotland, worth €1.7 further in the future. C
Westminster and people are even stronger soon,” she billion in 2017. C
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