Irish referendum to repeal Eighth Amendment

[Ric]

Good news if true:

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

About time

 

[Rascal]

That is a huge victory, I thought it would be close. That is almost a landslide.

Well done the Irish.

 

[BobKowalski]

Agreed. Let’s hope the real poll is just as emphatic.

 

[bluegirl74]

Fantastic if the exit polls are accurrate.
Whether you agree with abortion or not, the right to choose should belong to every woman.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Fantastic work ladies (and lads).

Great to see older generations pass down the choice to the new ones, despite their own grievances (I'm sure there were many old Catholics voting Yes with those results)

 

[BimboBob]

Fucking religion.


If true, welcome to the current century Ireland. Great result.

 

[jimharri]

Whichever way the referendum goes, we'll have a divided society. And whichever side "loses" won't fade away quietly into the background.

 

[peoffrey]

Plastic Irish in Manchester make me laugh so much. Guinness hats on St. Patrick’s and Celtic tops yet thick Manc accents. They’re often as Irish as Robert Mugabe.

 

[bluethrunthru]

excellent news - a country freed from the Middle Ages and religious fundamentalism with women having the right to determine what happens to their own bodies - so pleased that yet again Irish youth vote triumphs as it did over same sex marriage. I bet there were quite a few older ladies who have made the trip to England in the past for an abortion who finally got the chance to right the wrong they were put through.