THE referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment will take place on Friday, May 25. THE referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment will take place on Friday, May 25. "I’m sure it will be a close referendum campaign; often referendum campaigns in Ireland are very close", he said today. Meanwhile, Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy formally announced the date on the referendum to take place on May 25. But she added: “We shouldn’t under estimate the significant achievement it has been to get this Bill through both Houses of the Oireachtas.” Fine Gael’s Catherine Noone, who chaired the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment, said: “It has been a challenging and intense process.

Source: Irish Independent March 28, 2018 15:33 UTC