Taoiseach says government did not do enough to convince people over amending provisions on family and care

• Ireland’s referendums: what went wrong, and what happens now?

Ireland has overwhelmingly rejected proposed changes to references on family and women in its constitution, delivering a rebuke to a government that had urged voters not to take a “step backwards”.

Voters repudiated the family referendum with 67% voting “no”, and buried the care referendum in an even bigger landslide of 74%.