The Nineteenth Amendment to the constitution allowed the government to ratify the Good Friday Agreement signed in Belfast on 10 April 1998, which included changing articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution which effectively claimed Irish sovereignty over Northern Ireland. The agreement was also endorsed in the simultaneous referendum in Northern Ireland. Articles 2 and 3 were subsequently changed in December 1999, and the territorial claim was replaced with an aspiration for a united Ireland to be achieved "by peaceful means with the consent of a majority of the people, democratically expressed, in both jurisdictions in the island".
Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland referendum[1]
1998, irish, constitutional, referendums, referendums, were, held, together, republic, ireland, 1998, each, proposed, amendment, irish, constitution, both, measures, were, approved, referendum, northern, ireland, also, held, same, total, number, people, voted,. Two referendums were held together in the Republic of Ireland on 22 May 1998 each on a proposed amendment of the Irish constitution Both measures were approved A referendum in Northern Ireland was also held on the same day The total number of people who voted both countries was 2 499 078 Contents 1 Eighteenth amendment 2 Nineteenth amendment 3 See also 4 ReferencesEighteenth amendment editMain article Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland The Eighteenth Amendment introduced two new articles into the constitution which allowed the government to ratify the Amsterdam Treaty Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland referendum 1 Choice Votes nbsp Yes 932 632 61 74No 578 070 38 26Valid votes 1 510 702 97 85Invalid or blank votes 33 228 2 15Total votes 1 543 930 100 00Registered voters turnout 2 747 088 56 20Nineteenth amendment editMain article Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland The Nineteenth Amendment to the constitution allowed the government to ratify the Good Friday Agreement signed in Belfast on 10 April 1998 which included changing articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution which effectively claimed Irish sovereignty over Northern Ireland The agreement was also endorsed in the simultaneous referendum in Northern Ireland Articles 2 and 3 were subsequently changed in December 1999 and the territorial claim was replaced with an aspiration for a united Ireland to be achieved by peaceful means with the consent of a majority of the people democratically expressed in both jurisdictions in the island Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland referendum 1 Choice Votes nbsp Yes 1 442 583 94 39No 85 748 5 61Valid votes 1 528 331 98 90Invalid or blank votes 17 064 1 10Total votes 1 545 395 100 00Registered voters turnout 2 747 088 56 26See also editConstitutional amendment Politics of the Republic of Ireland History of the Republic of Ireland Politics of Northern Ireland History of Northern IrelandReferences edit a b Referendum Results PDF Department of the Environment Community and Local Government Archived from the original PDF on 24 December 2014 Retrieved 14 August 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Irish constitutional referendums amp oldid 1186981070, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
