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Seeing my voice make a difference was incredible
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20 May, 2020
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Trisha Harrington – Offaly ARC Repeal was a huge turning point in my life. It was my first time getting active in the change I wanted to see in my…
My Repeal(shield) story
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19 May, 2020
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Brian Leonard I was fourteen when the 8th was inserted into the constitution. I remember the vitriol of the campaign; raised voices, wild eyed priests and pointing fingers. Instinctively, I…
My Repeal Story
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18 May, 2020
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Ber Grogan I don’t really know where my repeal story began. Was it in Birmingham in August 2011 when I was having my medical abortion while my mam sat in…
I marched, canvassed, and campaigned
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17 May, 2020
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Shauna February 2018: My father-in-law is anti-choice. I definitively found this out this evening when I asked if he was registered and ready to vote yes for freedom to informed…
The photo explains why…
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16 May, 2020
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Shampa Lahiri I got involved in the Repeal campaign in the last 3 weeks of the campaign. I spent 3 weeks standing on the side of various roads around Dundrum…
How the North West was won
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15 May, 2020
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Lyn Brookes – Leitrim ARC I arrived in Ireland in October 2008 aged 48 years. I had a hysterectomy at 33 so things like contraception and unexpectedly finding myself pregnant…
We are the women that repealed the 8th.
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14 May, 2020
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G.K. I was involved with Dún Laoghaire Repeal the 8th which subsequently became Dún Laoghaire together for yes. We first met in a local pro-choice pub in September 2016. I…
The Sunroof Boys Club
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13 May, 2020
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Emer Nolan In December 2017 we moved back to my native Kildare after 10 years in Dublin. I wanted to meet like minded people and when the South Kildare group…
Repealing the 8th campaign, 2018
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11 May, 2020
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Gráinne Fallon – volunteer with Together for Yes Offaly Abortion on the radio, again. I shift slightly; three labours in four years will do that to you. The lack of…
Write your Repeal story
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07 May, 2020
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To mark the two year anniversary of Ireland repealing the 8th, we’re inviting you to write your own Repeal story. Did you canvass? Leaflet drop? Speak to family, friends or…
