The Social Democrats today called for a Yes vote in Friday\u2019s Divorce referendum to ensure a more humane and compassionate divorce system in Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Yes vote in this Friday\u2019s referendum will be an important step towards a more humane and compassionate system that recognises that for some couples divorce is the best way forward.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Social Democrats today called for a Yes vote in Friday\u2019s Divorce referendum to ensure a more humane and compassionate divorce system in Ireland.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s co-leaders Roisin Shortall TD and Catherine Murphy TD said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Social Democrats strongly believe that our Constitution is not the appropriate place for complex detail relating to interpersonal relations and family life. That\u2019s why we support removing the wait time for divorce from the Constitution and allowing the Oireachtas to legislate in this area.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Yes vote in this Friday\u2019s referendum will be an important step towards a more humane and compassionate system that recognises that for some couples divorce is the best way forward.\u00a0 This referendum will help to minimise unnecessary conflict and stress for people<\/p>\n
Tracey Carey, the party\u2019s local election candidate for Swords north Dublin, added:<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter an amicable break up nine years ago, I am currently going through a legal divorce. I know from my own experience and that of separated friends that nobody walks away from a marriage lightly, and that forcing people to revisit a marriage breakdown after five years only opens up old wounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor people who have moved on from a broken marriage and may even be in a new relationship with children from that relationship, the legal and emotional complications can be just enormous.\u201d<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
20th May 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Social Democrats today called for a Yes vote in Friday\u2019s Divorce referendum to ensure a more humane and compassionate divorce system in Ireland. \u201cA Yes vote in this Friday\u2019s referendum will be an important step towards a more humane and compassionate system that recognises that for some couples divorce is the best way forward.” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catherine-murphy","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Social Democrats today called for a Yes vote in Friday\u2019s Divorce referendum to ensure a more humane and compassionate divorce system in Ireland. \u201cA Yes vote in this Friday\u2019s referendum will be an important step towards a more humane and compassionate system that recognises that for some couples divorce is the best way forward.” […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-20T08:31:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-26T11:07:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZOO Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZOO Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ZOO Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960\"},\"headline\":\"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-20T08:31:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-26T11:07:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Catherine Murphy\",\"Press Release\",\"R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce - Social Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-20T08:31:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-26T11:07:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Social Democrats\",\"description\":\"Change Ireland for the better\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Social Democrats\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"width\":846,\"height\":358,\"caption\":\"The Social Democrats\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/socialdemocratsireland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SocDems\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960\",\"name\":\"ZOO Admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/ga\\\/author\\\/zoo-admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce - Social Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/","og_locale":"ga_IE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce - Social Democrats","og_description":"The Social Democrats today called for a Yes vote in Friday\u2019s Divorce referendum to ensure a more humane and compassionate divorce system in Ireland. \u201cA Yes vote in this Friday\u2019s referendum will be an important step towards a more humane and compassionate system that recognises that for some couples divorce is the best way forward.” […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/","og_site_name":"Social Democrats","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","article_published_time":"2019-05-20T08:31:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-26T11:07:22+00:00","author":"ZOO Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SocDems","twitter_site":"@SocDems","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ZOO Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/"},"author":{"name":"ZOO Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960"},"headline":"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce","datePublished":"2019-05-20T08:31:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-26T11:07:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/"},"wordCount":292,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Catherine Murphy","Press Release","R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall"],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/","name":"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce - Social Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-05-20T08:31:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-26T11:07:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga-IE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/vote-yes-for-more-humane-and-compassionate-divorce\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vote Yes for more humane and compassionate divorce"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","name":"Social Democrats","description":"Change Ireland for the better","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization","name":"The Social Democrats","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","width":846,"height":358,"caption":"The Social Democrats"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","https:\/\/x.com\/SocDems"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960","name":"ZOO Admin","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/author\/zoo-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}