Observers from the UK, US and Canada monitored the Abortion Referendum in Ireland

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They raised concerns about some ballot boxes allegedly not being sealed correctly and so-called ‘family voting’.


Observers from the UK, US and Canada monitored the Eighth referendum

 

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I said, “Dad, do you remember Butterfly and do you think now that what I did was wrong?” He said, “No love, you had no choice.”

I said, “Dad that’s exactly what this referendum is about, to give people like me that choice.”

He said: "I know that".

And so the following morning he voted before my mum brought him to his day centre and I know he voted Yes with a heavy heart, like so many others did.

Let’s be realistic. No woman jumped for joy on the 26 May 2018 and shouted with glee, “Yippee, I can have an abortion.”

'The 'No' side feel let down by people and country. Nobody understands this feeling more than us'