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State- Constitution of Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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THE STATE
The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Article 5
Ireland is a sovereign, independent, democratic state. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Article 6
1. All powers of government, legislative, executive and judicial, derive, under God, from the people, whose right it is to designate the rulers of the State and, in final appeal, to decide all questions of national policy, according to the requirements of the common good. 2. These powers of government are exercisable only by or on the authority of the organs of State established by this Constitution. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Article 7
The national flag is the tricolour of green, white and orange. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Article 8
1. The Irish language as the national language is the first official language. 2. The English language is recognised as a second official language. 3. Provision may, however, be made by law for the exclusive use of either of the said languages for any one or more official purposes, either throughout the State or in any part thereof. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Article 9
1. 1° On the coming into operation of this Constitution any person who was a citizen of Saorstát Éireann immediately before the coming into operation of this Constitution shall become and be a citizen of Ireland. 2° The future acquisition and loss of Irish nationality and citizenship shall be determined in accordance with law. 3° No person may be excluded from Irish nationality and citizenship by reason of the sex of such person. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. - 1° Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, a person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, who does not have, at the time of the birth of that person, at least one parent who is an Irish citizen or entitled to be an Irish citizen is not entitled to Irish citizenship or nationality, unless provided for by law. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- 2° This section shall not apply to persons born before the date of the enactment of this section. 3. Fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State are fundamental political duties of all citizens. |