McAleese will not go to confession over referendum Yes vote

Church hasn’t ‘come to terms with clash between people’s human rights and canon law’

Elaine Edwards
Former president Mary McAleese: ‘I had no hesitation at the end of the day, when it came to the vote. I absolutely voted ‘Yes’.’ Photograph: Getty

Former president Mary McAleese: ‘I had no hesitation at the end of the day, when it came to the vote. I absolutely voted ‘Yes’.’ Photograph: Getty

Former president Mary McAleese has said she voted in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment with a “heart and a half” and that she had no intention of going to confession about it.

Mrs McAleese said she had been affected by the death of Savita Halappanavar, who she had once met. Ms Halappanavar died from sepsis at University Hospital Galway in October 2012 after she was refused a termination when she was having a miscarriage.

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