Regular contributor Dr. Fiona de Londras has written in the Irish Times today on the continuing debates on the relevance of the Irish Constitution to modern Irish society.

de Londras states:

Recent contributions in these pages and elsewhere on the renewal of our Republic have focused to a great extent on our Constitution. In the main, they have focused on the text of the Constitution, claiming that changing the document itself will be sufficient to cure all ills. Rewriting the Constitution will not solve everything. In fact, it might not solve anything at all. If we want true change in how our country operates and the values it places on limiting governmental power, respecting individual rights and securing economic stability for all, then we must look to ourselves and our own conceptions of what the State and our elected representatives do for us.

The full article can be accessed here. Fiona’s previous blog posts on Irish constitutional reform can be accessed here, here, here and here.