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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 …
Roderic O’Gorman (33) is a Green Party Councillor for Castleknock and Mulhuddart. As he says, our constitution and the rights contained within it belongs to us as citizens. But those of us who are gay and are citizens are excluded from the protections Article 41 gives to families. He’ll be voting yes because he wants all families to be equally …
Eamon Ryan (51), from Dublin, is the leader of the Green Party. He thinks that this vote is really about giving everyone the chance to have the family that they deserve, and to have that family protected in law. “If two people are in love, and want to show that or express that in a union recognised by the state, …
Tá Micheál Cholm Mac Giolla Easpuig in a chomhairleoir Chontae, i dTír Chonaill. Tá sé pósta , tá sé i ngrá, agus síleann sé go bhfuil an ceart céanna atá aige tuillte ag gach duine ar bith eile. Micheál Cholm Mac Giolla Easpuig is a country councillor from Donegal. He is married, and in love, and he feels that the …
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 …
Clare Daly is an Independent TD for Dublin North. Clare thinks that this referendum is a positive opportunity for parents and for Ireland. “It’s a little bit mad that we have one group in society who can marry and another who can’t just because of their sexual orientation. Surely all it should be about is if you love somebody. Strange and …
Claire Byrne, from Sutton in North Dublin, talks here about the kind of Ireland she wants to live in: an Ireland of equals that respects each others rights. Claire is a Green Party councillor on Dublin City Council. “This is about the right of any two people to share a commitment and honour that love, through marriage, if they wish to.”
Ciaran Cuffe (51), from Dublin, talks about how on a European scale, Ireland might have some catching up to do, but that we’re on the cusp of taking a great step forward. Ciarán is a Green Party Councillor on Dublin City Council. “In many areas: in social equality, environmental equity, and marriage, we’re way behind the rest of Europe. But …
Fintan Warfield (22) is from Terenure in Dublin. He is a Sinn Féin Councillor on South Dublin County Council and the current Mayor of South Dublin. He talks about how so many different kinds of people around Ireland will benefit from a positive result in the referendum. For Fintan, it’s all about equality. “Imagine, for one moment, the message a ‘yes’ …
Thomas Pringle is an Independent TD for Donegal. He believes that society is changing, marriage is evolving and it will only enrich our society if we recognise everybody’s right to be equal under the law. “The people of Donegal have nothing to fear from this referendum. I think that it’s vitally important that we show that all members of society …