There follows a complete list of TDs votes from tonight’s Bill for legislation on the X case. Contact your local representative via the email addresses we supply below if they have not represented you.
The Vigil. The Vote.
We’re outsde the Dáil listening to various degrees of fundamentalist nonsense on speakers broadcastng the ‘debate’ on Clare Daly’s Abortion Bill. Some stirring speeches coming through but there is an overwhelming feeling that while Opus Dei and the Knights of Columbanus dominate the benches of our more conservative political parties the rights of women in this country will always come second to the desires of elderly priests.
Foetal Attraction
While our headline might not have been in the best taste, this article from issue 4 of our print mag deals with the timely issue of abortion legislation and has a look behind the scenes at Youth Defence. We hope to see many of you at the Dáil this evening, the Jesus Army are down there already with their big virgin heads and two pairs of socks inside their … Read More
Clare Daly’s Amended Bill
Clare Daly’s Medical Treatment Bill arrived today. Read it at the following link. It will be voted on next Wednesday coinciding with a protest outside the Dáil. Also see below the voting as it proceeded on Daly’s earlier unamended Bill in April. Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [PMB] Follow the leap here for the voting record…
Any of you received this automated call?
This automated call has been doing the rounds over the last 48 hours. Looks like someone in the pro-life movement is getting scared. That’s democracy for ya!! Courtesy of our friends over on Shit Youth Defence Say this is a recording of an unsolicited automated message that has been doing the rounds in the last 48 hours. It’s the type of garbled yes speak the government referendum commission would be proud of. Churning … Read More
Pro Choice Rally
A large crowd estimated at 2,000 gathered outside the Dáil this evening to protest the tardiness of Ireland’s legislation on abortion availability in light of the tragic case of Savita Halappanavar. Speakers from the public sphere such as Clare Daly called for action to applause and shouts of ‘Never Again’ while private individuals such as Siùsaidh Laoidhigh told their own personal tales to a rapt crowd. The stage demanded that all come … Read More
Clare Daly speaks to thousands at Savita rally
Clare Daly TD addressed a large crowd of the 17,000 that attended the Savita rally on Saturday. A stirring speech ends with the call: “You have done a wonderful thing here today. Out of this terrible tragedy, we may build a better future. Don’t let them off the hook, don’t come back and wait until the next tragedy. The pressure has to be kept up. Only people power will deliver … Read More
Thousands in Dublin call for change
While Enda Kenny tells the press in Galway he ‘won’t be rushed’, thousands of Irish people solemnly marked the passing of Savita Halappanavar in marches both domestic and international. Below are a selection of photos of the march in Dublin (estimated to be in the region of 20,000) from various twitter accounts.
International Reaction to Savita
Ireland is more used to favourable press than it is getting at the moment. The soccer fans who were so well received in Poland, Arthur’s Day, Enda with his wooden head on the cover of TIME, Bono being a massive arse – all these things go down well with the forrins, while they leave us cringing like the miserable begrudgers we are. However, the international hacks have been tearing us … Read More
Vigil at Dáil in memory of Savita Halappanavar
Approximately 2,000 people attended a vigil outside the Dáil this evening to mark their anger over the passing of Galway woman Savita Halappanavar. An emotional public meeting included speakers Clare Daly, members of Choice Ireland and non-affiliated individuals who spoke of their anger and sorrow at the death of Savita and the state of Ireland’s legislation on abortion. More Photos below:
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