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# Repeal

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# Repeal
Here's how these Repeal jumpers sold out in one day and became an Irish phenomenon
Plus, how you can get your mitts on one next weekend.
# the eighth
A week out from polling day, the Catholic Bishops are weighing in on abortion
Today’s statement from the Bishops’ Conference coincides with a Labour event calling for a referendum.
# thinking ahead
This would be the first act of a Sinn Féin government
Sinn Féin has published a bill to abolish water charges today.
# No more to do
No one in this government wants to deal with the abortion issue again. Here's why...
Analysis: The government legislated for abortion last summer and is highly unlikely to touch the issue again in its current lifetime.
# 8th amendment
These Labour TDs and Senators think we should have another abortion referendum
There are growing calls for repeal of the 8th Amendment.
# Abortion
Campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment planned for the autumn
The constitutional ban on abortion will come under scrutiny in the new Dáil term.
Voices
Column: Here's a win for all sides in the abortion debate
The 8th amendment, which protects the right to life of the unborn, is loved and hated in equal measure by both pro-life and pro-choice campaigners, writes Jane Horgan-Jones. It’s time to have a referendum on it.
# Greece
Greek coalition seeks negotiation on range of austerity measures
The measures were agreed under the country’s international bailout arrangement.
# Household charge
Dáil votes down Bill to repeal Household Charge
Sinn Féin introduced the Bill yesterday and wanted to see the charge ‘consigned to the rubbish bin’. It was voted down this evening.
# Ad fail
US presidential hopeful Perry's latest ad causes split in his own campaign
In the campaign spot, Perry attacks Barack Obama’s repealing of a law outlawing open homosexuality in the military but it hasn’t gone down well even in his own campaign.