The Divorce Referendum has been carried The court challenge to the result of the divorce referendum has failed in the High Court. It came into force three months after its passage, on 27 February 1997.
Some books are now available on divorce in Ireland.
For further details, click here . In January 1997 a terminally ill man applied for a divorce in advance of the 27 February deadline, basing his claim on the existence of the constitutional amendment rather than on the Act. It was not clear whether the court would be willing to grant him this divorce, but the divorce was granted. Here is the news as reported on Fri. The judgement was read out behind closed doors.