A historic day for Ireland.
The 25th of May will go down in history for an extremely special reason. It will forever be remembered as the day that Ireland voted on whether or not to change the 8th amendment, and legalise abortion.
Although it is still too soon to definitively say that Ireland have voted to repeal, the current tally sheets seem to suggest an overwhelming YES vote,
It goes without saying that this referendum has attracted a great deal of attention from the rest of the world.
Many news sources from all around the globe have covered the monumental occasion, which further emphasises the importance of today. Take a look at who has said what:
This is how online trolls (and Americans) tried to manipulate Ireland's historic vote on repealing its abortion ban. pic.twitter.com/otzT8PjIlb
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) May 26, 2018
According to exit polls, Ireland's abortion laws will be repealed https://t.co/a481cLVMk4 pic.twitter.com/IGiqeGQ5Y0
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 25, 2018
"Under the Eighth Amendment, women in crisis pregnancy have been told: 'Take the plane or take the boat'. Today we tell them: 'Take our hand'." – Irish Health Minister @SimonHarrisTD #8thref pic.twitter.com/NpIP4uS5sI
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 26, 2018
Support for Ireland's abortion ban appears to have melted away https://t.co/LV4zf1jM4k
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 26, 2018
Abortion referendum in Ireland likely to result in repeal of ban, exit polls suggest https://t.co/aPNZX5xf59 pic.twitter.com/MOrOrrnBAA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 26, 2018
Irish PM hails "quiet revolution" as early results point to "resounding" referendum vote for overturning abortion banhttps://t.co/uDGzjgbeBU pic.twitter.com/OnvOOZPHld
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) May 26, 2018
People are now calling on Northern Ireland to end its abortion ban https://t.co/qHr4AkkXoQ
— The Independent (@Independent) May 26, 2018
Ireland voted overwhelmingly to overturn the country's constitutional ban on abortion, an exit poll from a national broadcaster suggests https://t.co/RnYZ20MD4t pic.twitter.com/Z8F6KU9HPt
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 25, 2018
JUST IN: Exit poll: Ireland votes to overturn abortion ban in landslide https://t.co/iUT4BRhbNr pic.twitter.com/DCL8uXbV9N
— The Hill (@thehill) May 25, 2018
BREAKING: Ireland has overwhelmingly voted to legalize abortion, according to exit poll
— BNO News (@BNONews) May 25, 2018
Big win for women https://t.co/mn4wwmRRj0
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 26, 2018
Exit poll: Landslide support to repeal Ireland’s abortion ban https://t.co/rywpXJOYOC pic.twitter.com/RMP177Qp9U
— POLITICO (@politico) May 25, 2018
BREAKING: Ireland's main anti-abortion group has conceded that they have lost the referendum by an overwhelming margin#RepealedThe8thhttps://t.co/w9ljiZzgJQ
— SBS Australia (@SBS) May 26, 2018
BREAKING NEWS!! Ireland has voted in a landslide to legalize abortion! A huge day for Irish women's rights! https://t.co/M0KJ9xdFGF
— FFRF (@FFRF) May 25, 2018
The entire world watched as the people of Ireland campaigned, pleaded and voted. Now their hard work is being acknowledged, on a global scale.
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