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# Eighth Ref

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# Free Safe Legal
Abortion services made legal in Ireland as Michael D Higgins signs Bill into law
Hospitals will provide the services in 2019.
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Dec 20th 2018, 4:18 PM
# head to head
Complaints about Pat Kenny's treatment of Maria Steen during Eighth debates rejected by BAI
The complainants had alleged that Kenny had questioned Steen differently than Peter Boylan.
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Oct 17th 2018, 6:01 AM
# Eighth Ref
Here's how many complaints city councils got about referendum posters
Galway City Council got nine, while Dublin City Council got almost 300 over the same time period.
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Jun 18th 2018, 6:10 AM
# Eighth Ref
'How long must women in Northern Ireland wait for change?' - UK MPs debate abortion laws
An MP told the House of Commons that UK laws “put abortion in the same category as homicide, child stealing, or rape”.
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Jun 5th 2018, 4:15 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you expect abortion legislation to be enacted in Ireland before the end of 2018?
Now that Ireland has voted overwhelmingly for abortion legislation, how soon do you think it will be enacted?
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May 27th 2018, 9:43 AM
AS IT HAPPENED
Yes celebrates huge victory after massive vote to repeal
The official announcement was made just after 6.10 pm this evening.
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May 26th 2018, 7:38 PM
# Dublin City
'We did it': The messages people have been leaving at the Savita Halappanavar mural
Savita’s parents have said that they are “really, really happy” with the projected referendum result.
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May 26th 2018, 2:44 PM
# Eighth Amendment
Poll: What had the biggest influence on your vote?
In an RTE poll, most people said that they didn’t decide how they would vote during the referendum campaign.
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May 26th 2018, 2:13 PM
# Eighth Amendment
Most Irish people think referendum posters should be banned
There’s no authority in Ireland to police the claims made on referendum posters.
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May 26th 2018, 7:30 AM
# Eighth Ref
Complaints made about campaign posters located too close to polling stations
If you see a poster that’s located too close to a polling station, you can contact the returning officer at your polling station.
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May 25th 2018, 2:07 PM
# Transparency
This is why you're still seeing referendum ads online
Google said that it was blocking ads – but Google isn’t the only way for campaigns to place ads online.
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May 24th 2018, 5:03 PM
# Eighth Ref
'Force them to take responsibility': Press Ombudsman wants crackdown on Facebook misinformation
Peter Feeney called for stricter regulation on social media at a conference in Dublin this week.
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May 5th 2018, 1:00 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Does abortion increase the risk of a woman developing breast cancer?
A paid-for advertisement on Facebook is surfacing on Irish user pages, claiming this is the case. We examine the evidence.
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May 4th 2018, 6:20 PM
# eighth referendum
FactCheck: Are 1 in 5 babies in England aborted?
We look at the facts behind a Save the 8th campaign poster.
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Apr 27th 2018, 2:52 PM
# Eighth Amendment
The Repeal The Eighth mural in Temple Bar is being taken down... again
The mural will be painted over at 11am on Monday.
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Apr 20th 2018, 6:04 PM
# project arts centre
Repeal The Eighth mural returns to Temple Bar
The artwork, by street artist Maser, was commissioned nearly two years ago.
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Apr 9th 2018, 5:20 PM
# factfind
FactCheck: Are 90% of babies with Down syndrome in Britain aborted?
We take a look at a claim in a poster used in a new campaign by Save the 8th.
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Feb 4th 2018, 4:00 AM