Ireland – Here’s what people on Twitter were saying about last night’s referendum debate on the Late Late Show

Here's what people on Twitter were saying about last night's referendum debate on the Late Late Show
It was a fairly tense evening.
Sat April 28, 2018

LAST NIGHT, THE first televised debate on the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment took place on The Late Late Show.

Dr. Peter Boylan, the former Master of the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street was representing the ‘Yes’ side, with the support of general practitioner Dr. Mary Favier.

On the ‘No’ side, were broadcaster Wendy Grace and Love Both spokeswoman Caroline Simons.

Continued: http://www.dailyedge.ie/what-people-were-saying-about-last-nights-referendum-debate-3983802-Apr2018/

Ireland- We felt so alone, says woman whose baby had a fatal foetal abnormality

We felt so alone, says woman whose baby had a fatal foetal abnormality
Couple felt they had no option but to travel to Liverpool to have her longed-for daughter Grace induced, Sligo meeting told

Thu, Apr 5, 2018
Marese McDonagh in Sligo

Tracey Smith says she’ll never forget the plane journey to Liverpool on St Patrick’s Day 2014, four weeks after she discovered that the baby she was carrying had a fatal foetal abnormality.

“We went Ryanair from Knock – you can imagine the revellers,” she says recalling the journey and the loneliness she and her husband Kieran felt.

Continued: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/we-felt-so-alone-says-woman-whose-baby-had-a-fatal-foetal-abnormality-1.3452074