Ireland is deciding whether or not to get rid of its woman in the home clause

from its constitution.

Hello, I'm Leanna Byrne and I'm live in Dublin and you're listening to the

Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

Yes, I'm in the famous Bueley's Cafe in Dublin.

It's getting busy here. You might be able to hear some cups and cutlery in the background

and the Irish Women's liberation movement actually had its first meeting here

and we thought that was relevant because tomorrow Ireland is going to vote on whether or not to take words

out of its constitution that relate to a woman's place as a caregiver in the home.

And there's also another vote on broadening the definition of the family.

So I spoke to a few people about how they're going to vote. I do agree that we need to change it but I don't

think that the wording that has been put forward is good enough. And it's sort of like

exchanging one insult for a more mealy mouthful insult.

Yes and yes, because my wife's both no and no.

It's one step at a time.

How do you eat a piece at one slice of the time?

Make the law, find the problem and fix them and problems and then fix them and fix them.

Now let's do some Irish numbers.

In Ireland women make up 98% of full-time carers and about 80% of paid carers

that's according to the National Women's Council and women's participation in

the workforce is at about 60% below the OECD average of 75%.

Now one of the reasons why the government is suggesting these changes is because the Constitution

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