We are always amazed by the hilarious creativity on display at marches like this.
Sometimes the best way to get your very important message across is to be concise and attention-grabbing, and just looking at some of the signs at today’s Abortion Rights Campaign march across Dublin, there were plenty of examples of that.
Tens of thousands of people are taking part in the protest march, with early reports making it the biggest march since the campaign began five years ago.
The march kicked off at the Garden Of Remembrance at 2pm and is expected to continue on until 5pm when everyone is gathering at Dáil Éireann.
There has also been some fantastic global shows of support, including these folk over in Melbourne who kicked off their march eight hours before the Dublin one kicked in:
#ARCMarch17 has started already in Melbourne pic.twitter.com/nuIV7nRVIV
— Abortion Rights IE (@freesafelegal) September 30, 2017
Plus, there was this support from Edinburgh, featuring their own Mrs Doyle, following on from Graham Linehan’s public support of the march, promising fans that he would answer any Father Ted questions at the march today:
Yo @Glinner, your influence is present at #ARCMarch17 solidarity rally in Edinburgh! #repealthe8th #repealthatsortofthing pic.twitter.com/sRGXhchLvs
— Louise Acheson (@ach0) September 30, 2017
.@Colmogorman & @Glinner ready to go at #ARCMarch17 #repealthe8th #itstime pic.twitter.com/67Wb2n88f3
— Amnesty Ireland (@AmnestyIreland) September 30, 2017
Meanwhile, here’s a collection of some of the best signs we’ve seen at the protest so far:
Maybe the best sign seen so far.
13/10@TeresaMannion#ARCMarch17 pic.twitter.com/A3h98Qq9dT
— Newsworthy_ie (@newsworthy_ie) September 30, 2017
Some snaps from #ARCMarch17 #marchforchoice with @GalwayProChoice in @freesafelegal block pic.twitter.com/wxlRZOBmMz
— Sharon ✨ (@sharmander_says) September 30, 2017
Didn’t make it to @freesafelegal‘s poster making, but made this for #ARCMarch17. #RepealersAssemble #ProChoiceHeroes #TimeToAct #Repealth8th pic.twitter.com/4G88u1klj0
— GeekGirlPsych (@geekgirlpsych) September 20, 2017
Lots of fantastic creations at our poster making session. Send us a photo of your poster for #ARCMarch17! pic.twitter.com/US538oMoJ9
— Abortion Rights IE (@freesafelegal) September 18, 2017
Sometimes the best signs are the most straightforward signs. #ARCMarch17 pic.twitter.com/Nq9mAtBgb0
— Shane Saunders (@ShaneSaunders88) September 30, 2017
But our absolute favourite has got to be:
#repealthe8th pic.twitter.com/0DbtgBc2ag
— Humans of The Sesh (@humansofthesesh) September 30, 2017
Main photo credit: Aoife Allen
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