abortion

“You could mansplain in person, perhaps. Tip around to everyone’s house and have a chat,” Kate O’Connell quipped to Peadar Tóibín during the third and final day of the Select Committee on Health deliberation on the Health (Regulation of…

Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution: “Provision may be made by law for the regulation of termination of pregnancy” Yes? No? The day of reckoning is finally here. On Friday May 25th, the people of Ireland will go to the polls and…

When it comes to abortion, the truth of Ireland’s wild hypocrisy emerges. Proudly progressive yet darkly conservative, it's time modern Ireland decides what kind of country it wants to be. Ireland was the first country in the world to…

In this episode of The Eighth, Louise tells the story of having termination following a fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis, and Ciara and her friend Karen share their own abortion stories with each other for the first time. Content…

The latest episode of The Eighth shares four women's stories of abortion, and is a partnership with Everyday Stories. Content warning for sexual violence, physical abuse, abortion, miscarriage. www.everydaystories.org ?…

Maternity In this Episode, we hear about how the 8th Amendment impacts on every single pregnancy in Ireland, Ciara speaks to Philomena Canning from Midwives for Choice, Dr Anthony McCarthy, Perinatal Psychiatrist in Holles St, Krysia…

Irish women have many stories to tell, about ourselves, our mothers, our grandmothers. We stayed silent for a long time. An involuntary, imposed, shame driven silence. But that silence has been  broken, we are finding our voices, we are…

Episode 01: Against Repeal In this episode, Ciara meets a philosophy student who says he owes his life to the 8th Amendment, a Polish anarchist who hates the term anti-choice, a feminist student who believes 'abortion is the ultimate…

“Mharaigh mé mo leanbh de bhrí gur cailín í. Fásann gach cailín suas ina bean. Ach tá m’iníon saor. Ta sí saor. Ní bheigh sí ina hóinsín bhog ghéilliúil ag aon fhear. Tá sí saor” “I murdered my daughter because she is a girl. Every girl…

Let me tell you a bit about how I flirt. Come on, we can have a laugh and later, I can have a cry. I know how to flirt. I do. At least, I know what flirting is. It’s about eye contact, open body language and, if the Cosmo article I read…