Suzanne Harrington: Here's why the March 8 referendum matters - and why voting in it matters

That women are still formally in thrall to ideas from 1937 like “duties in the home” is laughable – yes, for those of us lucky enough to have a home, duties are most definitely involved, unless you have a butler.

Suzanne Harrington. Picture: Andrew Hasson

Here in Britain where I live, my lovely Irish EU passport locked in a bank vault ringed with razor wire and guarded by Cerberus, even hearing the word ‘referendum’ being whispered softly in another room is likely to trigger seizures of PTSD in much of the population.

People falling to the floor, thrashing and foaming, crying out in despair, as they bang their heads against the nearest wall.