Ailbhe Smyth
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Róisín Ingle: My sister Rachael dropped me at that London clinic in a black taxi
- People
- May 25, 2020, 06:00
Something that’s been a regular delight in the past few months has been taking delivery of the pandemic post. Whether it’s the arrival of a crucial pa(...)

ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REFERENDUM THAT CHANGED HOW WE SAW OURSELVES, SOME OF THE ACTIVISTS INVOLVED REVISIT THAT TIME It’s a diffe(...)

Will Madonna be ‘bullied’ into pulling out of Eurovision in Israel?
- Culture
- April 20, 2019, 05:00
It’s not a scene you’ll see in Bohemian Rhapsody, but in 1985 Queen defied a UN ban and played a series of South African concerts in Sun City, the apa(...)

‘The woman’s struggle belongs to each and every one of us’
- Irish News
- March 13, 2019, 20:24
“Strange day!” said Sabina Higgins as she squeezed her way into the entrance hall of the Dublin Mosque meeting rooms for the International Woman’s Day(...)

Vote Yes to remove the harmful Eighth Amendment
- Politics
- May 24, 2018, 01:00
We are asking people to vote Yes so we can remove the harmful Eighth Amendment from our Constitution and end the dangers it has created for women’s he(...)

Donegal anti-abortion group asks schools to show graphic video
- Politics
- May 10, 2018, 20:11
Secondary schools in Donegal have been asked by an anti-abortion group to show a graphic video to senior students ahead of the May 25th referendum on (...)

Women ‘abandoned’ if choosing to abort, Mahony says
- Politics
- April 29, 2018, 17:47
Women who choose to have an abortion when they are informed their baby will not survive outside the womb are abandoned by the State, the master of the(...)

Politics podcast: Together for Yes campaigners ‘remain focused’
- Politics
- April 11, 2018, 14:09
On this week’s Inside Politics podcast, Ailbhe Smyth, co-director of Together for Yes, joins Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy to discuss campaigning in the (...)

Repeal protest urges spring 2018 vote on Eighth Amendment
- Irish News
- June 17, 2017, 19:52
Several hundreds of protesters gathered for a Repeal the Eighth rally in Dublin city centre on Saturday, calling for a referendum on the Constitution’(...)

Eighth Amendment referendum: Two sides marshal forces
- Politics
- May 6, 2017, 01:00
To those who oppose the legalisation of abortion, the recent recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly were “horrifying”, “ dreadful” and “chilling”. (...)