Proud to be Irish, today.

[mad4city]

Christ knows we've got an awful lot wrong in this little country over the years but yesterday, in voting a resounding YES to the Equality Referendum, we definitely got something fundamentally decent and fair right.

Given the international perception of Ireland as a conservative, deeply Catholic country, I'd like to think that this event - the first time anywhere that gay marriage has been legalised by popular vote - might prove a catalyst to other "conservative" territories around this fucked up world to be fairer to every mother's child.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

Potatoes

 

[Blue Mist]

Now just sort out the abortion law.

 

[kaz7]

I'm surprised at the result to be honest but good on them

 

[aguero93:20]

I'm surprised at the result to be honest but good on them

Twas caused by a huge turnout of younger voters, something that will hopefully continue into future votes.

 

[kaz7]

I'm surprised at the result to be honest but good on them

Twas caused by a huge turnout of younger voters, something that will hopefully continue into future votes.

I saw on the news that there was a big effort to get everyone home for the vote

 

[jimharri]

Potatoes

Thanks for that insightful post.

 

[aguero93:20]

I'm surprised at the result to be honest but good on them

Twas caused by a huge turnout of younger voters, something that will hopefully continue into future votes.

I saw on the news that there was a big effort to get everyone home for the vote

Yep, huge credit to all who came back from overseas to vote, they made some tremendous sacrifices, cousin and his missus came back from New Zealand, bringing them out for dinner and a few drinks tonight. We need to sort that shit out next though, at least for referendums, it's fucking unreal a country with so large a diaspora doesn't have the right to vote from overseas.

 

[TCIB]

More good news like this please, well done Ireland.

 

[TangerineSteve17]

Just great. As someone else said, the abortion law next then.