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Constitution of Ireland 1937, as amended to 2019
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English1 All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law.
This shall not be held to mean that the State shall not in its enactments have due regard to differences of capacity, physical and moral, and of social function.
… (Art. 40) - Irish Gaelic1 Áirítear gurb ionann ina bpearsain daonna na saoránaigh uile i láthair an dlí.
Ach ní intuigthe as sin nach bhféachfaidh an Stát go cuí, ina chuid achtachán, don difríocht atá idir daoine ina mbuanna corpartha agus ina mbuanna morálta agus ina bhfeidhm chomhdhaonnach.
… (Airteagal 40)
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Constitution of Ireland 1937, as amended to 2019 (English). According to Art. 8(1): "The Irish language as the national language is the first official language.”