Marriage Equality Referendum: ‘Once in a decade chance’

Marriage equality campaigners will have to wait “a decade or more” for another “opportunity” to introduce the legal change if the electorate fails to vote yes in next month’s referendum.

Agriculture Minister and Fine Gael director of elections, Simon Coveney, made the comments during a meeting with Young Fine Gael yes vote campaigners yesterday.

Speaking at the meeting in Dublin City centre, the Cork South Central TD said the marriage equality debate taking place today “is something that would have been impossible five or 10 years ago, in my view”.