Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Irish Abroad”
Niamh is 25, from Dublin, but currently living in London. In this video she welcomes the national conversation Ireland has been having in the last few months (difficult though it’s been a lot of the time as she says) and hopes it ends with a clear Yes vote. “So there’s a pretentious quote from Dostoyevksy that I’ve had in stuck …
Our wonderful friends at GetTheBoat2Vote and Irish Abroad for YES passed on this fantastic video, shot recently in London, at QI and backstage at the O2 comedy gala. In it, Aisling Bea and Jason Byrne wish Ireland luck in Friday’s referendum with help from Stephen Fry, Jack Dee, Trevor Noah, Sean Lock, David O’Doherty, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Sara Pasco, …
Emma works in Brussels with an LGBTI equality organisation and is looking forward to heading back to Donegal to cast her vote. She feels it is time for Ireland to give constitutional protection to all families, time to cast off the labels that society has previously put on gay and lesbian relationships and time to make a wee bit of …
David works in Oxford as an academic, and is from Skerries in Dublin. He believes that Ireland has made huge strides in equality in the previous decade, and that we now have a chance to achieve something truly historic. In his video, he addresses some of these myths, and presents the reality that voter turn out matters hugely if we …
Jay & Aaron are two Irish guys living in Canada. They can’t vote as a result, but the have a message for everyone back home: please vote yes on their behalf. “We don’t want to settle for second best, we don’t want civil partnerships: we want marriage!”
Richie Nolan, originally from Kildare, moved to San Francisco in October of last year. He shares his thoughts on living in a state that allows same sex marriage and his hopes for Ireland to follow suit. Richie is travelling back to Ireland to vote yes on May 22nd, and hopes that you’ll vote with him. “What I’d like to see …
David Morrison, 32, is from Lucan in Dublin. He made his #VoteWithUs video in Nepal, where, after finding himself caught in the midst of the horrific earthquake, he has been helping out as best he can. For David this is a hugely personal vote – he wants to see his aunt, his cousins, be able to grow and add to …
Fiona is 25 and lives in London. She will be travelling home to vote for marriage equality in May. It’s a very personal issue for Fiona and her family but it’s also an issue that affects Irish society as a whole. She doesn’t believe “same but different” legislation is good enough for our LGBT brothers, sisters, children or friends. Equality means …
Marcus is a young Irish person currently working in Prague in the Czech Republic. On May 22, he will fly home to Ireland to vote YES in the referendum. In this video he talks about what it means when we say “we are proud to be Irish”. “I ask you to vote yes so that I can hold my head up …
Mícheál and Gary met 15 years ago in Galway and have been happily together ever since. They got engaged 12 years ago and entered into a Civil Partnership four years ago. As there is no equivalent of an Irish civil partnership in Australia, where they now live, their union is not recognised there. For many reasons, they would like to …