- Source: 2015 Irish constitutional referendums
The government of Ireland held referendums on 22 May 2015 on two proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland which had been recommended by the Constitutional Convention. The amendment to permit same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland was approved by 62–38% of the voters. The other amendment would have reduced the age of candidacy for the President of Ireland from 35 to 21, but voters rejected it by 73–27%. A Dáil by-election in Carlow–Kilkenny was held on the same day. Other amendments were considered but not proceeded with, including reducing the voting age from 18 to 16, and sanctioning the establishment of a Unified Patent Court.
Same-sex marriage
Voters were asked whether to add to the Constitution that "marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex". The proposal was supported by the Government as well as all major political parties, and was approved by 62.07% of voters.
Presidential candidacy age
Voters rejected a proposal to reduce the age of eligibility to run for president from 35 to 21 by a 73% to 27% margin.
References
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- 2015 Irish constitutional referendums
- 1968 Irish constitutional referendums
- Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- 1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement referendum
- Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
