Easier divorce

Irish voters have overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to liberalise the country’s constitution to make it easier for couples to divorce, election officials said. Just over 82 per cent of voters endorsed removing a requirement that couples be separated for four of the previous five years before they can divorce. It will fall to Ireland’s Parliament to come up with new legislation to govern divorce. The country’s Fine Gael party-led government has proposed halving the separation period to two years.