Dara K, an Irish graffiti artist, did his own interpretation of the mural. Image from Dara K/Facebook
'We can't keep painting over our problems.'
July 29, 2016
By Ally Hirschlag
All over Ireland, you can find graffiti murals honoring important historic fights, but few have been as controversial as this one.
"Repeal the 8th," a red heart declares.
It's a reference to the eighth amendment of the Irish constitution, which "acknowledges the right to life of the unborn" and is often cited as the origin of Ireland's incredibly strict anti-abortion laws.
"[Ireland has] come from such a Catholic situation, and there’s a lot of scare-mongering involved, the people are afraid to talk about it at all," Andrea Horan, founder of the organization behind the mural, The HunReal Issues, said. "We wanted to put up a piece that would start conversations."
To do that, Horan asked well-known Irish artist Maser to create a mural on the side of Dublin's Project Arts Center (which often sports somewhat controversial artistic messages) in the hope that a public, political statement would gain more attention from the masses.
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Source: Upworthy.com