In the last 83 years there have been 38 amendments to the Constitution drawn up by Éamon de Valera. Fianna Fáil was on a sticky wicket at the outset of the campaign over the issue of a rent freeze. “We have been advised legally that it (a rent freeze) is unconstitutional,” candidate Mary Fitzpatrick told a press conference on January 20. Hence, it might reasonably be posited that Fianna Fáil does not want to introduce a rent freeze and is hiding behind the Constitution. And all the indications are that the poor, battered Constitution would have no issue with that.

Source: Irish Examiner January 31, 2020 21:45 UTC