Children often pay the price when marriages break down - Bishop Doran

The Bishop of Achonry and Elphin says children often pay the price when marriages break down.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the divorce referendum.

Nationally, it was passed by 50.3 per cent to 49.7 per cent on November 24, 1995.

But the Shannonside region rejected it - by nearly 65 per cent in Longford-Roscommon, and almost 59 per cent in Sligo-Leitrim.

Bishop Kevin Doran has been reflecting on the issue, on the anniversary of the referendum, speaking to Eoghan Murphy: