With May 22 approaching, it’s time for this voter to assess the lobbies and decide ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

Thirty seconds! Thirty precious seconds! That’s all the time I had last Christmas morning between hearing my smoke alarm and having to get out before my house went up in flames.

I listened with growing disquiet to RTE Radio’s Marian Finucane Show on Sunday last as Dr Peter Boylan repeatedly attempted to prevent Breda O’Brien from making her presentation on the abortion issue.