In casting our referendum votes, we showed faith, hope, and love

IT WAS politics at its best, the referendum. Political parties looking at a proposition decided to espouse it. Ways were found by both sides in the argument to engage the public. The clearest of decisions was made by the electorate, and countless lives were changed for the better.

Almost a hundred years ago, WBYeats had walked out on the Abbey stage in front of an audience rioting in outrage at O’Casey’s The Plpough and the Stars with its portrayal of a prostitute. This wasn’t the first time.

“You have disgraced yourselves again,” the poet thundered at the audience.