Resounding
More reaction shots.
Official result: Republic of Ireland votes resoundingly to overturn abortion ban with voters backing reform of constitution https://t.co/urPAqRybLz pic.twitter.com/cFFqrxUyik
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) May 26, 2018
Breaking News: Ireland voted to overturn its ban on abortion, the prime minister said, in the country’s latest rebuke to the Catholic church https://t.co/jhdLLnNJ9l
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 26, 2018
Ireland makes history after an overwhelming majority votes in a national referendum to overturn a 35-year-old abortion ban https://t.co/pKkXDlyjeT pic.twitter.com/IgZSWLZ5gJ
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 26, 2018
BREAKING: It's a big Yes: Stunning victory officially confirmed as 66.4pc vote to reform Ireland's restrictive abortion laws https://t.co/wHLtaDZkFr pic.twitter.com/dfBuVeYiR6
— Irish Independent (@Independent_ie) May 26, 2018
Ireland just made history. https://t.co/wqlkW15lmk
— Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) May 26, 2018
This makes me very happy.
Interesting that the Irish PM used that phrase.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Revolution
Did he intend a deliberate parallel?
It’s so unusual to see crowds of people going around being happy. Up with this kind of thing.