Eighth Amendment
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Rape victim says Eighth Amendment adds shame to assaults
- Politics
- April 5, 2018, 17:53
A woman who was the victim of rape has said the Eighth Amendment is another layer of shame that victims of sexual assault have to endure. Niamh Ní Dh(...)

Overseas influence in abortion referendum ‘will be hard to stop’
- Politics
- February 26, 2018, 19:53
Overseas backers funding social media adverts on the referendum on the Eighth Amendment will be “very hard to stop”, Save the 8th spokesman John McGui(...)

Campaign to keep Eighth Amendment ‘has not started yet’
- Social Affairs
- February 9, 2018, 18:09
The campaign to keep the Eighth Amendment “has not really started yet”, the spokeswoman for a new anti-abortion “information roadshow” has said. Kat(...)

Archbishop urges Catholics to speak out against abortion
- Religion & Beliefs
- January 6, 2018, 20:46
The Catholic Primate of All-Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, has urged members of the Church to become “missionaries for the cause of life” in the ru(...)

Abortion referendum wording ‘should ensure it passes’
- Politics
- September 29, 2017
The chairwoman of the all-party Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment, Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone, has said it would be “prudent” for th(...)

Women’s council to campaign for repeal of Eighth Amendment
- Social Affairs
- September 9, 2016, 01:00
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) is to campaign for greater access to reproductive rights and a repeal of the Eighth Amendment under a s(...)

Eighth Amendment has saved 100,000 lives, group claims
- Social Affairs
- September 7, 2016, 17:56
More than 100,000 lives have been saved in Ireland by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, a report from the Pro-Life Campaign has estimated. T(...)

Majority support repeal of Eighth Amendment, poll shows
- Politics
- July 8, 2016, 05:00
Two-thirds of voters say they are in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution to allow for abortion in cases of rape and fatal foe(...)

UN abortion ruling is ‘not binding’, Enda Kenny says
- Politics
- June 15, 2016, 01:00
The Government is shortly to begin the process which may lead to a change in Ireland’s abortion laws, although Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned any imm(...)