As an Irish person the only words I would use on this list are Astroturf, Auto-Tune, Bubble Wrap, Ping Pong and Tupperware.

I was a daily newspaper reporter for 9 years (and still occasionally freelance). The two things that bug me the most about how reporters are portrayed on screen are the notions that ethics go out the window in pursuit of a story and that reporters sleep with their sources. I cheered SO HARD when that spoilery thing…

Ha! That it a) pays well - or at all, b) offers stability and c) isn’t ageist or sexist.
I’m a journalist.
Like someone once said after Man of Steel, “I can buy a super strong alien and whole cities exploding, but Clark Kent getting a journalism job so easily is totally unbelievable.”

No that is not what i am saying, i was asking what group you were involved in because obviously you are very passionate (which is good). We are on the same side and i will donate some money to Mayo Pro Choice. I was not asking to validate yourself for that, that is why i said “maybe i can also help with them”. This…

I went through your posts and i did not see a single comment that was separate saying this is a great thing, i must be missing it. No-one is saying that Ireland has achieved equality, they are talking about how they have achieved it nearly for LGBTQ rights. Seriously you are one that is being condescending to people…

The amount of time we need to take off work and the amount and the cost of the travelling we need to do to access abortion is (while unacceptable) less than, for example, a woman from Tennessee. Would you comment “Abortion and birth control still illegal. Yay equality,” if Tennessee legalized same-sex marriage? (TN…

You do realize that when everyone is talking about equality they are talking about LGBTQ rights, you do realize that there is already talk about pushing repeal the 8th for a refrendem and they are aiming for around 2017 or before. I went through your comments and once again i noticed like the other commenator you said…

The right to travel was established by the X case which was hugely controversial at the time. The fact that England is so close is how successive governments have been able to ignore it and pretend it’s not an issue. Hopefully they actually tackle abortion next.

The Miss Y case last year showed how inadequate the current laws are, Irish women cannot be denied the right to travel for an abortion but as an asylum seeker she didn’t have the right to leave Ireland. Forcing her to continue the pregnancy until 25 weeks and then delivering by C section doesn’t seem fair at all.

Our Minister of State (junior minister) for Equality:

Abortion isn’t fully legal in Northern Ireland either, so women have to travel off the island for an abortion. And they have to fund the travel and arrange accommodation while they’re there so those extra arrangements take time which means later abortions and some women have to take out loans to afford it all.

Nobody’s saying the referendum is the answer to every problem facing oppressed groups. Legalising same-sex marriage is one step to reaching full equality for everyone. It’s not the only step needed.

Birth control is legal you big dope LOL. Mind your negativity now. One thing at a time. This is big news for so many people and it paves the way for a more equal and inclusive Ireland. It shows great example for many other countries.

The government have to introduce the amendments to the constitution for the people to vote on, there was also a vote on lowering the age at which Irish people can be eligible to be president to 21 but I imagine a lot of voters didn’t vote on that yesterday because the equal marriage vote overshadowed it.

Now that the gay marriage referendum is over we can try and get the government to legislate properly on abortion and give us a real referendum that’s not about threat of suicide but actually about abortion provision. The fact that turnout was so good and this referendum passed bodes well for an abortion referendum.

irish people abroad are eligible to vote if they’ve been out of the country less than 18 months. you are not eligible to vote if you think you might like to go to ireland on holiday sometime. hope this clears things up.

If I have to explain that to you you’re never going to understand but I’ll try. When you vote you are influencing the state of affairs in a location and for a population of which you are not a part. It may be legal for you to do so but that’s only because of how hard it would be for any politician to pass a law that…

Can you at least look up your facts before you put a downer on this day, no abortion and birth control are not illegal but abortion is so heavly restricted. You are also ignoring that last night on twitter the top trend in Ireland was about how they need to change the law about abortion and how many actvistist there…

Birth control is not illegal. Abortion is restrictive and basically illegal yes. I’m staunchly pro choice but let’s just celebrate today.

Um, we have birth control. Multiple forms, all reasonably priced. Now the abortion thing, we DO need to sort that one out.