The Church's centre ground did little to sway those who were opposed to divorce, and Irish Catholic leaders remained strongly against the idea. As the referendum approached, the No side warned that husbands would desert their wives and family in droves, with one of the most famous slogans stating "Hello divorce, goodbye Daddy". Another poster stating "If this was your daughter, would you break up their marriage? The final count, after a recount, showed that , were in favour of introducing the dissolution of marriage, with , against-- Despite the incredibly narrow margin, the bill was written into law in and was due to come into effect on 27 February but Ireland's first divorce actually took place one month before then.
On 17 January , the courts granted a divorce to a terminally ill man whose dying wish was to marry his partner. And despite fears from the No side that the bill would open the floodgates to divorce, 23 years after the bill came into effect Ireland has the lowest divorce rates in Europe, and the fourth lowest in the world.
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Prior to the vote on divorce laws on Friday, the government indicated that it believed a two-year separation was long enough. Ireland has recently held constitutional referendums on other social issues - leading to the scrapping of the country's ban on abortion and the legalisation of same-sex marriage. The main political parties in Ireland all supported the liberalisation of divorce laws.
Opposition to the vote came from Catholic pressure groups such as the Iona Institute. The Iona Institute's director, David Quinn, said he had no particular objection to the four-year waiting time for divorce being reduced to two years, but did not want to see divorce laws removed from the constitution completely. However, the church did affirm that it would not be a sin for Catholics to vote yes, as long as they did so in good conscience.
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