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• n  the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union

News & Articles

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• Irish government wants to lower age of consent
  The Irish government plans to lower the age of consent for sex to 16 years, one year down from the current age of 17, sometime early in the New Year.
  June 29, 2013 - Irish Central