Only Ireland was obliged to put Lisbon before the people because the Irish Constitution required it.

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They argued that it breached her personal autonomy rights under the Irish constitution and the European convention on human rights.

BBC: Marie Fleming and Tom Curran

However, the South Belfast MLA has pointed me to the wording of the Irish constitution which replaced the old Articles 2 and 3.

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It ruled that while the Irish constitution guarantees a right to life there is no corresponding right to die with the help of others.

BBC: Marie Fleming and Tom Curran

The Irish Cabinet will then go to the Irish parliament, the Dail, where it will complete the removal of articles two and three of the Irish Constitution which lay claim to Northern Ireland.

BBC: News Online

And the changes to the Irish constitution, renouncing the republic's claim to the North, may not now be made: under Irish law, this revision goes through only if the Good Friday agreement is implemented in full.

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Until 1999 the Irish Republic claimed the whole island of Ireland under its constitution, but it did not act on it.

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