“If I get a chance again, I’m going to change that aspect of it anyway.” Micheál Martin is our guest on a brand new Ireland Unfiltered this week and he spoke with host Dion Fanning about a wide range of subjects from his own childhood, to Brexit and his first trip to Northern Ireland. One subject that also arose […]

7 years ago

“Abortion does not free women from oppression, but it serves men like Harvey Weinstein and others all too well.” On Saturday 26 May, it was revealed that Ireland had voted to abolish the Eighth Amendment by a popular vote. The result (66.4% Yes, 33.6% No) shocked the country, with just the constituency of Donegal voting […]

8 years ago

He warned people not to be “hypocritical and dishonest by using the Church for a day.” A Belfast priest has said that Catholics who are in favour of abortion should not be allowed to marry in a church. Father Patrick McCafferty, of Corpus Christi Parish in Belfast, said that Catholics who disagree with the Church’s […]

8 years ago

Some great points made here. Ireland has voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment after 66.4% of the country voted yes. Out of 40 constituencies, 39 voted in favour of repealing the eighth. Donegal was the only constituency to vote no in the referendum – the outcome was that 51.9% voted no, and 48.1% voted yes. This […]

8 years ago

They did their bit. The recent referendum on the Eighth Amendment had the highest turnout in any referendum throughout the entire history of the country. The two sides did their campaigning all around the country, but the role that social media played in the lead up to the 25th of May is not to be […]

8 years ago

Welcome back Dobbo… Anyone tuning into the referendum coverage on RTÉ will have seen that Brian Dobson is presenting the coverage throughout the day. Dobbo stepped away from presenting the Six One news last year after 11 years in the role. Co-anchor of the Six One News since 1996, ‘Dobbo’ has delivered some of the […]

8 years ago