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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Ireland’s Leader Concedes Defeat in Vote Over Constitutional Amendments About Family [Watch (HLS stream): Ireland’s Leader Concedes Defeat in Vote Over Constitutional Amendments About Family](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/G8OXsjSs.m3u8) (2:22)  _Published 2024-03-11. 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The results on will respectfully as head of government on behalf of the government that we accept responsibility for the result was our responsibility to convince the majority of people to vote Yes. I'll be sure he failed to do so, I think we struggled to convince people of the necessity or need for the referendum at all. Let alone at the detail on the wording on zubsolv. See something we're going to have to reflect on into the weeks and months ahead. What I do want to save people though is that when it comes to the work of governments in relation to Sandra quality relation to improving conditions for carers in relation to improving likes her Peak with disabilities that work will continue to move. What are plans to introduce a they could prove your penchant for carers at to review? The means test is non means-tested payments are made to Kara's at to ratify the optional protocol of the UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities adults to do all that we can to improve services and therapies and assessments for people with disabilities, which are a huge you deficient in our society is a thing. We all appreciate none of those things require a constitutional change and I will continue to press ahead with that work. But as far as our friends are concerned that we fully accept the results will take responsibility for any famous. He said once that's up against the government of all of this is to UPS. It's not the first time that we girlfriends is Oscar a friend of his had to leave the twelfth and thirteenth time, So we've seen. In the past where referendums have been defeated. Cheapest one of those occasions, but we have to accept the results. When you lose a referendum this Dolly Parton. There are many reasons why season and while I'm at the old adage is that sad, but that's what many fathers and failure is an orphan. I think when you lose by this kind of margin is a lot of people who got this wrong and I'm certain woman ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Ireland’s Leader Concedes Defeat in Vote Over Constitutional Amendments About Family","description":"Irish premier Leo Varadkar said he accepts the government has been defeated in its referenda to change the Constitution of Ireland. ","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/G8OXsjSs/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-03-11T17:59:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/G8OXsjSs.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/G8OXsjSs/","duration":"PT2M22S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/G8OXsjSs/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```