Taoiseach urges people to get out and vote

The Taoiseach has made a final call to people to come out to vote today in what he has described as “once-in-a-generation decision” for Irish citizens.

Taoiseach urges people to get out and vote

Campaigning for a yes vote, Leo Varadkar said he finds it “difficult to contemplate” a no vote but must be realistic this is a possibility.

“I think it would send out the wrong message, not just to women but about our society. There has been in Ireland a legacy of shame in many ways the fact that 170,000 women have had to travel sometimes in secret to another jurisdiction to end their pregnancies and I hope that a yes vote will help to lift that stigma, help to take away that legacy of shame that exists in our society.”

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