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Should Citizenship referendum be delayed?

arcadegame2004 · 2004-05-14 23:38:47

Do you agree with calls from CORI (Council of Religious of Ireland), the Irish Catholic Bishops "Irish Commission fro Justice and Peace", as well as the Irish Refugee Council and others for a delay in the Citizenship referendum? I don't agree with this at all. I feel a delay i nthe referendum will only lead to further…

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#92 25-05-2004 4:43pm
ishmael whale

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Originally posted by bobbyjoe
Links? facts? figures?
No they didn't

Sorry, I know we're trying to kill this thread off, but they did, and I’ve posted this and other stories up in earlier threads. They just didn’t say there should be a referendum. As I’ve pointed out already (this is a side issue), additional resources does not address the absence of medical history of cases presenting.

archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/09/15/story488289275.asp

Monday, September 15, 2003 :

Non-national baby boom ‘pushes system to the brink’

By Neans McSweeney
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Births to non-nationals have more than doubled in the last three years and as many as 15% of non-national expectant mums turn up either in labour or just 10 days before giving birth, new figures show.

Master of Maternity at the Rotunda Hospital’s Dr Michael Geary said some women are travelling from abroad very late in their pregnancy. He said women from outside of Ireland are landing at our ports and airports and heading straight for hospital. “It’s all just a tragedy waiting to happen,” he said.

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