Official confirmation is expected within days that a referendum on gay marriage will take place.
The constitutional convention recommended that a referendum should be held on the issue and the Government has four months to respond - the deadline is the first week in November.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore confirmed at a Labour Youth Conference in Limerick over the weekend that the referendum will take place in the lifetime of this government. It's likely to happen in early 2015.
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Labour TD for Clare Michael McNamara says if the referendum was passed, it would give far greater rights to the children of gay couples:
