#VoteWithUs Videos that feature people from, or with strong connections to, Leinster.
Simon Donohue is a 28 year old gay man and he has made this video with his friends Ciaran, Joss and Niamh to express their support, as friends who care about each other, for Simon to have the same rights they all do. Ciaran sees Simon as no different from anybody else; Joss doesn’t feel straight couples should have more rights than gay couples; …
Brighid and Paddy are devout Catholics, living in Louth, and are fifty years married this year. They want other couples, gay or straight, to be able to legally avail of civil marriage and experience the protections and companionship that they have experienced. They wish that all of their grandchildren be protected and treated as equals in the eyes of the …
Ciarán Maguire, a 29 year old accounting manager originally from Louth would like you to support civil marriage equality in Ireland. He recalls his experience of his brothers wedding six years ago, and how the realisation that he might never have the same thing influenced him as a young member of the LGBT society. “At the time it really struck …
Joe Geraghty is from Mullingar. He is a teacher. He believes that we should continue to be as proud of our Junior Infants as we are on their first days of school, right through to adulthood. They should all be valued equally in Irish society, no matter who they grow up to be. “I would like [our schoolchildren] to live …
Eoin Wilson co-created the Vote With Us campaign as he sees equal marriage as something that can have a huge positive impact, not only for gay couples, but for society as a whole. “You’re voting for more than just a civil rights issue. You’re voting for gay people to become full, equal members of your communities. For them to think, …
Colm O’Gorman (48) is the Director of Amnesty International Ireland and hails from Co Wexford. Colm talks about how his wedding day with Paul was one of the most extraordinary days of life. He would have loved to have married in Ireland, surrounded by their friends, family, and their kids, instead of in New York. “To have our marriage respected, …
Oliver Clare, from Louth, says that the referendum boils down to fairness. Members of the LGBT community are having families, and ought to be fully protected as citizens of Ireland. “I would find it impossible to go to the polling booth, look my friends in the eye and say that ‘I voted against you having the same rights and opportunities …
Jodie Neary (30) from Wicklow, and Enda O’Neill (34) from Tipperary, are a couple with newborns! They filmed this video while Jodie was still pregnant but long before their babies were born, they knew they wanted them to grow up in an Ireland of equals. They, as parents, are hoping to raise their children in a society free from discrimination …
Stephen Donnelly is an Independent TD for Wicklow and East Carlow. He talks about his friends who had to leave Ireland in the past because of intolerance – his view is that it’s imperative in a modern society that all men and women are treated equally. To him, this is a very small thing we can do but it will …
Mick Wallace as an Independent TD from Wexford. It’s a no-brainer for him: any loving couple who wants access to the institution of marriage should be allowed to do so. “I believe that marriage is a wonderful institution, if you want to live in an institution. I do believe that anyone who wants to choose it should be free to …