{"id":2651,"date":"2017-10-09T09:22:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T09:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2017-10-09T09:22:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T09:22:25","slug":"the-constitution-at-80-179-oct-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/the-constitution-at-80-179-oct-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Constitution at 80 (179, Oct 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blasphemy. Divorce. Abortion.\u00a0A women’s place in the home. Directly-e<\/span>lected mayors.\u00a0<\/span>Divorce<\/span>. V<\/span>oting rights. Extra powers for\u00a0<\/span>Oireachtas<\/span>\u00a0Committees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These are the\u00a0seven issues\u00a0that we, the people, will be asked to decide upon in a slew of forthcoming referendums.\u00a0Before we get the posters printed and\u00a0bash out\u00a0the principles involved in issues of such social and democratic importance,\u00a0Banter wants to ask a\u00a0question: is\u00a0there a better way?<\/p>\n

At eighty years of age, our Constitution has had a good run \u2013 s<\/span>hould we be putting our\u00a0<\/span>elderly\u00a0<\/span>and highest law through\u00a0<\/span>bruising and potentially transformative trials, and repeatedly\u00a0<\/span>polarising the electorate with\u00a0<\/span>ultimatums<\/span>?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Or i<\/span>s it time to start anew?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>How has it fared so far and what would the drafters make of its current state?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0What sort\u00a0<\/span>of constitutional scene c<\/span>ould safeguard and futureproof\u00a0<\/span>the principles of the Irish people<\/span>\u00a0for the\u00a0<\/span>next eighty years?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Could<\/span>\u00a0we do without one?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"river\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our panel to deal with these issues and more: the Honourable Ms. Justice Marie Baker <\/strong>(The High Court),\u00a0Dr David Kenny<\/a> (Professor of Constitutional Law at Trinity College Dublin) and Ruadh\u00e1n Mac Cormaic<\/a> (author of The Supreme Court<\/a> and Irish Times Foreign Affairs Correspondent).<\/p>\n

The details<\/strong>: Banter on T<\/span>he Constitution\u00a0<\/span>at 80<\/span>\u00a0takes<\/span>\u00a0place on Wednesday October 25<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at The Liquor Rooms, Wellington Quay, Dublin 2. Doors open at 6pm and the event kicks off at 6.30pm. Tickets can be booked here<\/a>, including a limited number of early bird tickets. Proceeds from the event will go to the\u00a0FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres)<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blasphemy. Divorce. Abortion.\u00a0A women’s place in the home. Directly-elected mayors.\u00a0Divorce. Voting rights. Extra powers for\u00a0Oireachtas\u00a0Committees.\u00a0 These are the\u00a0seven issues\u00a0that we, the people, will be asked to decide upon in a slew of forthcoming referendums.\u00a0Before we get the posters printed and\u00a0bash out\u00a0the principles involved in issues of such social and democratic importance,\u00a0Banter wants to ask a\u00a0question: … <\/p>\n

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