Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is a Labour TD and Minister for Equality, New Communities and Culture. He draws on the 1916 proclamation’s promises to Irish citizens about equality, and sees this coming vote as an opportunity to further vindicate that right.

“I’m voting for marriage equality because I think we should live up to the Proclamation of the Republic, which guarantees equal rights and equal responsibilities to all citizens. None of us was raised to sit at the back of the bus.”