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Tue 09 Sep 2008Tensions rise over issue of children's rights
TENSIONS HAVE increased between the Government and Fine Gael over ever-strengthening signals from the Government that a children’s referendum will not be held, despite commitments by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
Insisting that no final decision has been made, Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews said children’s rights are already protected under the Constitution, and legislation already passed has never been challenged in the Supreme Court.
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