The Cork North Central constituency voted 64.02% to 35.98% to repeal the Eighth Amendment.
The constituency office of Cork North Central TD Mick Barry has been vandalised with graffiti referring to him as a “baby killer” over his pro-choice views in relation to abortion.
The Anti-Austerity Alliance deputy took to Twitter to share the images of his office, on which the words ‘Baby Killer’ had been spray painted on the front of the office in Blackpool late on Friday night.
My constituency office this morning: “Baby Killer”, Blood Money”, “Kill”, “Murder Bap”. Reckon the last one was gonna be “Murder Babies”. Maybe they were interrupted? Don’t think they were just hungry and saying that they’d murder a bap. #RepealedThe8th pic.twitter.com/bzh2Gt5mI4
— Mick Barry TD (@MickBarryTD) June 2, 2018
When your constituency office is targetted by anti-choice vandals #RepealedThe8th pic.twitter.com/yCsxewjCms
— Mick Barry TD (@MickBarryTD) June 2, 2018
The Solidarity TD has been vocal, since the referendum’s Yes vote passing, in insisting that the Irish Government should move ahead quickly and introduce legislation to give effect to the referendum result.
Mr Barry, who saw his Cork North Central constituency vote 64.02% to 35.98% to repeal the Eighth Amendment, said that the result showed the obvious need for greater equality in Irish society and that the government should henceforth recognise that by introducing legislation to allow for termination of pregnancies.
My constituency office was graffitied last night. More pics to follow. #RepealedTheEighth pic.twitter.com/yaKq4csfIO
— Mick Barry TD (@MickBarryTD) June 2, 2018
As it happens, isn’t an isolated incident for Barry. A staunch pro-choice supporter, the Cork TD’s office has been the subject of such vandalism before.
Get off the fence on abortion, Taoiseach. Never prevaricate on women's rights. #repealthe8th
— Mick Barry TD (@MickBarryTD) January 11, 2018
Following a stint in Dáil Éireann where he was one of a number of TDs who wore a jumper with slogans calling for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment, the Cork politician’s office was targeted once again.
Back in September 2016, Barry’s constituency office was yet again daubed with graffiti referring to him as a “baby killer” over his pro-choice views in relation to abortion.
Last Saturday, Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment and thus remove Article 40.3.3 from the Constitution by a popular vote of 66.4%.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hailed the move as Ireland’s “quiet revolution”.
“The people have spoken. They have said we need a modern constitution for a modern country,” he said.
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