Referendum vote is "Ireland's second chance": Leo Varadkar's speech in full

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has heralded Ireland's landslide abortion referendum as a "quiet revolution" which has brought Ireland into the modern era and thrown off the last shadows of our conservative past, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Political Correspondent.

In a short speech to the media moments after the official result of the historic eighth amendment referendum was confirmed to be 66.21% yes to 33.79% no, Mr Varadkar said simply: "A quiet revolution has taken place".