Legal framework
Historical background
For much of Ireland’s history under English colonial rule there was not freedom of religion. Catholics and sometimes Protestant dissenters were legally disadvantaged, the most serious situation (...)
Current legal position on religion
The supreme law of the state is the Irish Constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann). The articles of the Constitution which refer to religion are to be found at 44.1 and 44.2.
The Constitution (...)