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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar calls for high voter turnout in abortion referendum
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He's urged employers to let people off work for a while to vote
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Politicians cannot be trusted on abortion referendum 12-week time limit, No campaigners say
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If the Eighth Amendment is removed, the Government intends to legislate to allow abortions for up to 12 weeks of pregnancy
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Abortion referendum Ireland: Up to 125,000 more voters register to vote ahead of referendum on Eighth Amendment on Friday
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It indicates a potential increase of over 90% on 2015's voter registration figures
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Parents of Savita Halappanavar who died after being refused pregnancy termination call for Yes vote in abortion referendum
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Savita Halappanavar died she was denied the procedure while she was miscarrying because a foetal heartbeat was present
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warns No voters it is 'only a matter of time' before woman bleeds to death without care after taking unsafe abortion pill
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He made his personal pitch for a 'Yes' vote in an interview on RTE
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Large 'No' sign erected on side of Ben Bulben mountain in Sligo ahead of abortion referendum vote
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Sligo County Council has broken its silence following the incident
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John Waters storms out of podcast interview with Eamon Dunphy over abortion referendum
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The 'No' side campaigner lasted 15 minutes in a chat for the broadcaster's podcast The Stand
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Wicklow County Council 'not authorised' to remove abortion posters in Bray featuring Health Minister Simon Harris
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Harris branded the graphic posters “disgusting” after a number of them appeared near his constituency office in Bray
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Abortion referendum Ireland: Facebook ban ads on Eighth Amendment referendum by foreign advertisers
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People will vote on to either repeal or keep the Eighth Amendment on May 25
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Abortion referendum Ireland voting: Last day to register to vote for Eighth Amendment referendum
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Irish people will vote either to repeal the Eighth Amendment, or keep it, on May 25
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Modern Family star Sarah Hyland lends support to Repeal The Eighth campaign
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The actress has weighed in with her opinion on the abortion referendum
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Abortion referendum Ireland: Liam Neeson says 'men must stand with women' and vote YES to repeal the Eighth Amendment
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"There are times when we must stand for what is right"
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Ireland abortion referendum: Saoirse Ronan and Cillian Murphy among Irish celebrities to join Together for Yes campaign
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They featured in a video asking the public to "vote Yes on May 25 for a more caring and compassionate Ireland"
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Referendum campaigners speaking at Mass should end - say Association of Catholic Priests
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Priests say they fully endorse the church’s teaching that all human life, from beginning to end, is sacred, and that every human person shares in the fundamental right to life
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Cocoa Brown CEO Marissa Carter opens up about suffering three miscarriages
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'I couldn't leave our apartment for three months after the last one and I couldn't bear to speak about it with my friends'
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U2 open up about Donald Trump, the abortion referendum and Conor McGregor ahead of Tulsa show on Experience + Innocence tour
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Bono, Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr are back on the road again with the sequel to 2015’s iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour
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Coroner criticises 'repeated failures' at abortion clinic after death of mum who travelled to England for termination
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The doctor who performed the procedure and two nurses  were charged with manslaughter by gross negligence and a health and safety breach but the case was dropped in 2016
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'Getting pregnant could kill me': Roz Purcell's sister Rachel reveals struggle with chronic myeloid leukaemia
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The condition is a rare type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow
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Hozier urges Irish men to vote Yes in abortion referendum
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The Take Me To Church hitmaker has got behind a social media campaign regarding the repeal of the Eighth Amendment
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Abortion referendum 2018: Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin considering official complaint over destruction of Vote Yes posters
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Mr Howlin said the law is a little unclear on how they can proceed
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Bishop Denis Brennan says referendum can't change moral truth that abortion is wrong
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'That any person, at any age, would have no rights at all is not, I believe, what a majority of Irish people want'
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says repealing the Eighth Amendment will not lead to unrestricted abortion
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The referendum is set to take place in just a little over a month
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Father Ted actress Rose Henderson says she's in favour of repealing the 8th Amendment
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Rose, who played Sister Assumpta, gave birth to three of her four children at home
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Wexford mum who lost baby says she finds pro-life posters 'traumatising'
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'There needs to be some sensitivity for the women who have been through a loss'
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