The government has even expressed an intent to get rid of the law - http://www.merrionstreet.ie/MerrionStreet/en/ImageLibrary/Programme_for_Partnership_Governme

The government has even expressed an intent to get rid of the law - http://www.merrionstreet.ie/MerrionStreet/en/ImageLibrary/Programme_for_Partnership_Government.pdf#page=153 http://www.merrionstreet.ie/MerrionStreet/en/ImageLibrary/Pr... It's still pretty embarrassing that this sort of thing can happen. I hope the negative attention this will bring will force some progress on the matter.