The year conservative, Catholic Ireland lost its mojo
The abortion referendum result was the ‘culmination of a quiet revolution in Ireland’
Yes campaigners during the abortion referendum count at Dublin Castle. The Yes side won with 66.4 per cent of the votes. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
In the summer of 2016, Enda Kenny presented a plan to his cabinet that would put into motion a series of events which would forever change the face of Irish society.
Having witnessed what he said was the “outstanding” role of the Constitutional Convention in paving the way for the legalisation of same-sex marriage, the former taoiseach hoped to emulate its success again.