Today I learned Ireland didn't legalize divorce until 1995.
The referendum vote for the 15th Amendment to the Irish constitution resulted in 818,842 in favor and 809,728 against.
The referendum vote for the 15th Amendment to the Irish constitution resulted in 818,842 in favor and 809,728 against.
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It upsets couples like Nuala McGuirk, 45, and Terence O'Leary, 43, who, though still married to their original spouses, are in a long-term "second relationship" with each other.
"You are neither married nor single," Scannell said. "It's like having a death without a funeral. It is very disturbing. For 16 years I've held down a job, reared a child, done all kinds of volunteer work and all the while this unfinished business has been hanging in the background. . . . If I had killed my husband," she said -- stressing that she does not advocate such a course -- "under Irish law I'd have served my 11 years and been a free woman now."
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