Joyce Fegan: What happened to the revolution of Repeal?

'This time four years ago, change felt not only palpable, but really possible. Four years later, we see change comes dropping slow on Irish shores. Those who once felt buoyed then felt burnt out and some now even feel dispirited and disappointed'
Joyce Fegan: What happened to the revolution of Repeal?

Amelia Goonerage from Dublin joins campaigners celebrating in Dublin Castle after the yes vote won the 2018 referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

People took leave from work to campaign. There was an endless variety of badges and buttons. There were the T-shirts, tote bags, and jumpers. There was the mural. There was the covering up of the mural. There was a top-rating podcast created specifically to cover Repeal. 

There was the half a million euro raised in a handful of days through €2 donations for the posters. There were the groups — doctors, lawyers, psychologists, midwives, grandparents, parents, artists — all for choice. 

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