#VoteWithUs Videos that mention society as a theme are shown here.
Ella is 23, from south county Dublin, and recently graduated from Trinity College where she made her video alongside some friends. She’s standing up for equality by voting YES and asks others to take action with her to help create the better Ireland we want to see. “I’m voting yes because it’s time in Ireland that we had a change. …
Eimhin is a 27 year old historian living and working in Dublin. He’s been on the receiving end of homophobia and dreams of an Ireland where no child grows up fearful of expressing their true identity. “We can do nothing about the past, but we can create a future where all children have an opportunity o be happy in themselves. …
Mathew is a 27 year old Social Work student in University College Cork. For him this vote is about Ireland being on the right side of history and creating a society where all people are treated equally. He wants Irish society to reach a point where we don’t define a person by their sexual orientation. “I am voting for yes for …
Aoife O’Sullivan is a wedding photographer and has witnessed relationships change in front of her eyes as couples say “I do” . She thinks that this magical moment is something every person should have the opportunity to experience. With two gay and one straight brother, she knows the real and positive the referendum could bring and hopes that the sense …
Irene and Sean Wilson are from Kilkenny and have been married for 39 years. They want each of their three children to be treated the same before the law, and ask all voters to think of the consequences of their vote for young gay people now and in the future. “[This vote] is not only a chance to make marriage …
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 …
Living in London, Colm will be coming home to vote in the Marriage Referendum because he wants to send a message to young LGBT people that they are accepted as equal citizens under the law in Ireland. “It shouldn’t be about how a marriage is defined, it should be about what a marriage defines – and a marriage defines that …
Patricia Fanning is the equality officer for IMPACT Trade Union. She lives in Dublin and has been married herself for nearly 30 years. “Marriage is ultimate commitment that two people who love each other can make. Why should I want to deny, to any two people who love each other, the opportunity to get married? This referendum is an opportunity …
Shane Lambert, from Dublin, is Chair of IMPACT Trade Union’s Youth Committee and took part in their video day. “I think in a society like Ireland where we pride ourselves on… allowing people to be equal and treating people as we want to be treated, really we need to get out and vote for a strong yes vote.”
Pat Fallon, from Sligo, is Senior Vice President in IMPACT Trade Union and took part in their video day. “… at the end of the day, marriage is about people showing their love for one another and making that public and personal commitment, and I hope on the 22nd of May that you’ll vote with me and vote yes.”