The campaign was originally formed to raise €50,000 in seven days. They surpassed that target in two hours.
The Together for Yes campaign, a group which favours a repealing of the Eighth Amendment, raised over €150,000 in just six hours on Tuesday thanks to an online campaign set up to fund posters for the upcoming referendum.
Together for Yes launched the crowdfunding campaign at 8.30am on Tuesday morning, setting out with the hopes of raising €50,000 in seven days. Thanks to a huge display of support, the group surpassed their original goal in just two hours.
The appeal was originally set up by the campaign in order to fund posters supportive of the repeal movement, with the cost of approximately 5,000 posters roughly equating to €50,000.
This move, the group claims, is a retaliation to the graphic posters hung around the country by groups in favour of saving the Eighth Amendment.
Together for Yes claim that the “Vote No” side’s posters are scaremongering, misleading and riddled with incorrect facts.
According to the campaign, €100,000 had been generated from more than 2,400 people by 1pm on Tuesday. By 3pm, a further €50,000 had been raised.
We've reached our target of €150,000! We're running out of ways to say THANK YOU, so instead, we're asking you to help us reach €250,000 for 25,000 posters! #together4yes https://t.co/7NZK5JWL9A pic.twitter.com/p5pJ4bfMoG
— Together for Yes (@Together4yes) April 10, 2018
Together for Yes is now on track to raise €500,000 during their seven-day appeal.
The referendum on the Eighth Amendment has been set for Friday, 25 May.
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