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Seeing my voice make a difference was incredible

Posted on: 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…

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My Repeal(shield) story

Posted on: 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…

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My Repeal Story

Posted on: 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…

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I marched, canvassed, and campaigned

Posted on: 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…

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The photo explains why…

Posted on: 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…

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How the North West was won

Posted on: 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…

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We are the women that repealed the 8th.

Posted on: 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…

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The Sunroof Boys Club

Posted on: 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…

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Repealing the 8th campaign, 2018

Posted on: 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…

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Write your Repeal story

Posted on: 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…

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