Readers Blog: McAleese’s support for the Eighth is heartening

I find Mary McAleese’s revelation that she supported the Eighth Amendment in 1983 most heartening, as she had first come to public attention on the matter by chairing a ‘Right to Choose Group’ public meeting in Liberty Hall, on March 10, 1981, some two-and-a-half years before the Eighth Amendment was actually voted into our Constitution.

Readers Blog: McAleese’s support for the Eighth is heartening
Thu, 15 Mar, 2018 - 00:00

I find Mary McAleese’s revelation that she supported the Eighth Amendment in 1983 most heartening, as she had first come to public attention on the matter by chairing a ‘Right to Choose Group’ public meeting in Liberty Hall, on March 10, 1981, some two-and-a-half years before the Eighth Amendment was actually voted into our Constitution.

At that time those opposing the Eighth Amendment had said:

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