eighth amendment

“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…

Over the past few decades, Ireland has managed to shed its reputation as Catholicism’s last great bastion; we’ve gone from a country set in decades old logic to becoming an increasingly liberal and progressive society. The past few…

To Provide By Elizabeth O'Connell-Thompson Begin with an assembled sanctity. I make the most of each defect, affirm that the process of being called me to the stage. Be it a short life, I declare.                        The life…

The woman who wrote the following piece wishes to remain anonymous. Stories, like this, from those who have been impacted by the 8th Amendment can be found on the In Her Shoes Facebook page. I urge you to read the accounts of those who have…

With the referendum to Repeal the 8th fast approaching, the anti choice campaign and some of their supporters have been engaged in spreading deliberate misinformation, impersonating medical professionals and even assaulting supporters of a…

Introducing The Eighth, a podcast documenting the upcoming referendum to repeal the 8th in Ireland. This episode, a prequel to the series, outlines the host, Ciara O’Connor’s background and the origin of the series - a safe space to ask…

With the referendum on the Eighth Amendment looming, Ireland is witnessing both sides of the debate battle it out in the media, online, in the streets. But have you ever wondered why these sides - pro repeal and anti repeal - are so…

We’d all rather this wasn’t an issue. We’d all rather women had the best and most advanced healthcare available at no cost in their own country. Much of what it comes down to is the queasiness around what abortion encompasses. And a…

A few weeks ago I went to a party and for some reason there were lots and lots of ham sandwiches there. I was wearing my new favourite T-shirt which was black with a Palestinian flag on it. I got talking to this lady who seemed very nice.…

For the past five years, Record Store Gay has celebrated music and diversity in Dublin. Usually organised to coincide with International Record Store Day in April, the event has been raising money and awareness for causes dedicated to…