McGrath predicts Eighth repeal will carry 60-40

A Cabinet minister has been accused of being over-confident in predicting the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment will be won by a comfortable margin.

Disabilities Minister Finian McGrath said he believes next month’s referendum will be carried 60% to 40%.

“I believe it will be 60- 40,” he told the launch of intellectual disability group Inclusion Ireland’s support for repealing the Eighth Amendment. “I know from my own constituency, Dublin Bay North, that would be the kind of view that I am getting. But can we be complacent? Absolutely not, we cannot be complacent it will be a tough debate, it will be a long campaign over the next couple of weeks.”