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David Norris (70), from Dublin, talks a little bit about how marriage was not an option for him when he was growing up. Now, he hopes that option will be open for young gay people. ‘Good for them!’ David has been a Senator since 1987 and is widely regarded as Ireland’s foremost LGBT campaigner, having successfully challenged the Irish State’s laws …
Anne Marie McNally (35) lives in Lucan, Co Dublin. She understands that some people have reservations about voting to equalise marriage – but her message is a reminder that marriage has evolved against injustice many times in the past. “You may be thinking that this is a pretty big change for the institution of marriage – but don’t forget civil marriage …
Jerry Buttimer (46) is from Cork. Jerry is a former teacher and is now a Fine Gael TD and Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee. He believes that our Proclamation calls on us to cherish all the children of the Republic equally, and this vote is the historic opportunity to do just that. “Our Proclamation asks us to cherish …
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 …
John Slattery (67), from Dublin, says that a lot of people can take marriage for granted. But there is a group of kind and decent people that can’t do that. He hopes that you’ll change that by voting yes. “Marriage is a basic human right. There is a large group of good citizens; kind and decent people who do not …
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 …
Rory Geraghty (27), from Knocklyon in Co. Dublin, is proud to have been raised in Ireland and sees that Ireland can be an even better place to live. Rory points out that everyone knows someone who is gay – and this vote is a chance to stand with them. “I’m very proud to have grown up in Ireland because it’s …
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’ …
Brian Finnegan is from Dublin. He and his partner are raising a son together and believe that the referendum is a vote in favour of loving families, and it’s about valuing all families equally. “This is about valuing every family in Ireland. I think the Irish people think that equality is the basis of our society.”