Kate O'Connell
@campaignforkate
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Business Owner, Pharmacist, Mother, Public Health Advocate, OP4 Consulting. Former Oireachtas Member 32nd Dáil
Joined September 2013
🗳️ 💬 I’m looking forward to an exciting #GE2024 campaign over the coming weeks where I’ll be speaking with residents across #DublinBaySouth
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From the bottom of my heart, thank you Ireland for #VotingYes . and delivering a resounding and defiant YES for women, for Ireland and for the future. #repealthe8th . We are @Together4yes and we are @FineGael - I am so proud of my friend and colleague @SimonHarrisTD 💖
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Thank you to everyone who worked so hard for decades to bring us here. You are the ones who #RepealedThe8th - the ones who were @InHerIrishShoes - the ones who came @Together4yes - the ones from @TFMRIRE with their precious babies. You did this. As legislators, we do your will.
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Gone to the Seanad. Thank you all so much for your lovely messages and for supporting #repealthe8th -we now move on to the next stage to #Legisl8 for @freesafelegal for all the women who have, who shouldn’t have had to, and who won’t need to travel in the future. 💕
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6 spare #booster shots for over 30’s here in @PharmacyRathgar tonight - first come first served open until 9 ( or until they gone ! ).
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Apologies to anyone who may have been trying to reach me since Thursday evening. I have just located my phone. 🤦🏻♀️
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To all these women who have gone before us through the gates of Leinster House, thank you for showing your support for #Repealthe8th - your voices of experience, knowledge and compassion are both powerful and influential. ❤️ Mná na hÉireann ❤️
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Finally. We have #repealedThe8th together. Safe and legal healthcare for our women and girls. 💕. Abortion services made legal in Ireland as Michael D Higgins signs Bill into law (via @thejournal_ie)
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I have #VotedYes .For my mammy, and for yours. For my sisters, and for yours. For my daughters, and for yours. For the @Doctors4Choice & the @FarmersR8th - and for the 9 women, who may not have managed to vote today because they left Ireland at dawn on a plane. Please, no more.
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“If we think that there are lots of Irish women who would have abortions simply if they were made available, what does that say about how we see our women? What does it say about us?” - @campaignforleo speaks powerfully for #repealthe8th @FineGael.
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On a day that started with a call from @MurphyEoghan let’s finish it with one of the best memories. Wishing @MurphyEoghan the very best on his new adventures 👏
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Some crew:) @UnaMullally @WeeMissBea @SimonHarrisTD @louisemcsharry @Together4yes @BritEmbDublin #RoyalVisitIreland
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I said “look at all *those men” actually Barry, & I’m not a yodeller -but thanks for trying to relay my convo with my sisters! #RepealThe8th
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Excellent piece in The Guardian:. “False information about MMR continues to be spread online, particularly on social media, giving a platform to the anti-vaccination movement to push erroneous claims” . We need to tackle dangerous misinformation. @HSEImm.
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36y old Westmeath woman in Dublin. 1 of 6 kids, Mammy of 3. Employer of 25. Employee of 4.7m. Unafraid of slings & arrows #knowyourrepealers.
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Nearly 2,000 people supporting #TogetherForYes @repealproject concert in support of a Yes vote tonight in the Olympia. Honoured that @AnaCosgrave included me in the stellar line up inc. @TaraFlynn @Love1solidarity @AndreaHoran 💖 #repealthe8th
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I have become aware in the last hour of a fake message circulating to people, alleging to be from me, or from someone to do with me. I am shocked and disturbed at this. Whoever is behind it is clearly acting out of desperation. I will be contacting the gardaí.
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Devastating loss for her family and for the nation. Laura Brennan was a remarkably strong, energetic and passionate young woman who used her terminal diagnosis to save the lives of others. There can be no more selfless an act. What a beautiful girl we have lost.
The Brennan Family said:.‘Laura used her voice, her generosity and her energy to help parents to make informed choices and protect their daughters from cervical cancer. She wanted to make a difference, and use the time that she had to right what she felt was a great wrong.’.
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Great cross section of experienced political voices - uniting to help #Repealthe8th around the country. We have a rare opportunity coming, to right a terrible wrong and to remove article 40.3.3 from our constitution. Proud to be among the growing numbers in support of repeal.
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“Within a generation, we will eventually eradicate cervical cancer in our country” - a pledge made now, in the name and memory of Laura Brennan - from @SimonHarrisTD - we can achieve this together #HPVvaccine #VaccinesSaveLives #FGNC19 #ThankYouLaura 💕.
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I’ll never forget the girl 10years ago #WhoNeedsYourYes - she had little money as a young student, saved for ages, travelled to the UK &slept alone on a bunk bed in a shared dorm hostel. Told me this many years later &wept at how guilty and dirty Ireland made her feel. #8thref.
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Thank you @MurphyEoghan for coming out today and stating your mature, reasoned and compassionate stance on the 8th amendment - great to see, and great to hear. #RepealThe8th #trustwomen
Eoghan Murphy: Abortion a matter for a ‘woman and her doctor’
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Feb 16: Elected .July 16: meet with @SimonHarrisTD over inequality of access to morning after pill.July 17: SH signs changes into law.Nov 17: call for free contraception for all.Dec 17: 8th comm includes it in ancillary recs.Jan 18: HSE releases costs.March 18: Plans take shape!
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Ireland has strategy to ‘break the chains’ of coronavirus - WHO’s Mike Ryan
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“Mr Bruton said on Sunday that, before birth, babies can “feel” and are already developing their strength.”. Disappointed, but unsurprised to read this today - but glad we asked experts, so that poorly informed statements could be debunked. #RepealThe8th.
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Happy to say that this is actually true - we will be on TV3. (apart from the witchfinder bit, having a moral compass is useless for that)
I will be on #tonighttv3 later to discuss today's burning at the stake with the witchfinder general, Deputy O'Connell.
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An absolute honour to bump into Professor Frazer, (co-inventor of the #HPVvaccine ) just now in the @NewstalkFM office - his work has directly contributed to saving millions of women worldwide from developing #CervicalCancer
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@gemmaod1 @Revolution_IRL @eileeniorio @susmitchellSBP @FergalBowers @sundaybusiness Gemma, there’s only one person embarrassing themselves here. And it’s not me. I’ll take my chances being on the side of medicine, evidence and science. I will take one leaf out of your book though, and do as you do to so many others: block & ignore. #HPV #CervicalCheck.
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Delighted to be selected, along with @MurphyEoghan tonight to contest the next election in Dublin Bay South for @FineGael - thanks to all the members and to my long suffering husband @OConnellMorgan for his love and support, and for bringing 66.6% of the kids along.
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Myself and @MurphyEoghan are very much @Together4yes - We might not always be on the same page sometimes, but on this issue we can fully agree. We are hoping that Dublin Bay South votes Yes tomorrow: for care, for compassion, for women. #repealthe8th
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Walking back from the @Together4yes Photocall for YES with @brophytalks @MariaBaileyFG & @1Hildegarde when who do we meet only the amazing @louiseckenny - and mid-chat with her, up wanders @SimonHarrisTD / couldn’t have asked for a better team to be on 💖
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Good to be back in the county of my birth, to speak & contribute at the @Together4yes launch. In 2016, 38 women travelled to the UK for abortions & gave Westmeath addresses. Whether you agree with their decisions or not, they deserve the dignity of care at home. #repealthe8th
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Having tea for Michael D this morning on Grafton Street, after a canvass in Ranelagh & Stephen’s Green. Don’t take the result for granted - please make sure you #vote this Friday, make a plan to get to your polling station and #KeepThePoet ☕️
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Hard to believe that it has only been 32 years since this - frankly bemusing - situation unfolded in Galway. My Mam (b.1948) - is fond of telling me -“you’ve no idea the social change I’ve seen” - she will vote for #repealthe8th #granniesforchoice
WATCH: Protests over the planned screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s film ‘Hail Mary’ in Galway #OnThisDay in 1986 from the RTÉ Archives News Collection
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I’ll never forget the day Majella sat in my office: a brave woman punished for the flaw of being female . and the rest . A Guarded Life: My Story of the Dark Side of An Garda Síochána: A garda's brave stand against the moral police.
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Thread. There’s a hole in your roof. It’s pouring rain and everything is getting wet. Getting the roof fixed will cost money, but if you don’t spend it, more things will get wet, & more holes will appear. @IHCA_IE.
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I’ll have to have a word with Bernard and see what his schedule is like.
I think I've said it before, but what I really want is a TV series where @BernardDurkanTD and @campaignforkate go around in a van solving mysteries. Both playing a blinder in the Health Committee. #Legisl8.
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Working group to investigate how to roll out free contraception for Irish women (via @thejournal_ie)
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Finally #Christmas2019 windows complete for Rathgar Pharmacy - the annual burst of creativity 🎅 🌲 ⛄ . (Disclaimer: Yes I did them myself, Yes I did them on my own time, late at night / weekends and No I didn’t receive any remuneration. )
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One of my absolutely fave pics so far on the campaign -. Dennis Shields, (88) b. in 1931, canvassing for FG since the 1948 GE (in Laois/Offaly, for @CharlieFlanagan’s Dad, Oliver J) and Charlie Garland, (16) our TY student, b. in 2003, having a chat & labelling fliers together 🥰
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Huge turnout for the cross party @WomensIreland event this morning, strong support across party lines from @FineGael @fiannafailparty @labour @sinnfeinireland @SocDems @greenparty_ie representatives as well as many Independent politicians, all calling for a Yes vote #8thref
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Lesbian couples will be able to register as baby's parents -
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@SimonHarrisTD Thanks Simon, I appreciate your supportive words. And I think @TaraFlynn and all the other women abused appreciate them too.
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First ever woman president of an Irish university appointed at University of Limerick
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Free contraception to be extended to all women up to 35 years of age.
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Bad for clinicians and bad for women. #repealthe8th. “Louise Kenny, a professor of obstetrics and a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, said she had witnessed care being denied to a pregnant woman with cancer because of the State’s abortion laws.” .
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Won’t someone. please. think of the men?.
#macgill19 hearing criticism from a female audience member that "men were not heard" during the Citizens' Assembly on abortion. I'll just leave that there.
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“It’s not lack of information that makes people not vaccinate children. It’s over supply of wrong information. a growing “celebrity element” in the dissemination of public health messages. (PSA: Kardashians are *not* a source of sound medical advice).
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Thank you @drboylan for your kind endorsement and for all you have done for women’s healthcare in Ireland. There still remains a lot more for us to do. I hope that people will recognise that, and give me the honour of going back in to work on their behalf in the next Dáil. 🥰
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A fascinating experience to be in such close proximity to him.
Bizarre and incoherent attack on @campaignforkate by @john_mcguirk on #tonighttv3 . Think he even knew it himself.
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Delighted with a surprise quick #SocialDistancing catch up with @ivanabacik today - #InThisTogether #COVID19
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We have landed in Tullamore! My Mam has come to meet us @FineGael group & @ArcOffaly almost ready to canvass the town now / @campaignforleo is on his way to join @simoncoveney @SimonHarrisTD @MariaBaileyFG @1Hildegarde @BernardDurkanTD @josephamadigan @Together4yes 🙌🏻
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Huge turnout across our capital for the #ARCMarch17 - lots of familiar faces from across the countryside and the cities. #RepealThe8th
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Today I am thinking of the women who nurtured and birthed us. These powerhouses of strength and unity reared Ireland. This super woman reared us six. We now must strive to improve the lives of all women -rural, urban, young, old, migrant and native. #internationalwomensday2018
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It’s so rare to have all my sisters together, but I’m so grateful for that time when we do meet up, to laugh, chat, debate and support each other:) oíche mhór, le mo chailíní álainn láidir!. #sistersforchoice #togetherforyes #repealthe8th #aisghair
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Currently the Dept of Health is trying to examine alternative approaches for the possession of illegal drugs for personal use. I’ve been pretty clear in my views for a while now, so let’s hear yours! Closing date: 30th June 2018 :
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Great canvass this morning in Portobello with @Together4yes @gerryheed @ivanabacik @TheresaNewIdea @cuppatealove . then fab food in @BrotherHubbardS . and now the posters we threaded last night are going up across the constituency!
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Happy #InternationalMensDay to all the supportive fathers out there. Being a good father changes how children see the world and participate in it ❤️
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You can take the girl out of Westmeath, but you can’t make her stay away from @KilbegganRaces with @paddydunican @jfox19 and @PresidentIRL - lovely evening to spend back in the Midlands:) 🐎
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A lot of work and thought has gone into this over the last 12mths - and there’s still more to do, but it’s a big step in the right direction. Thanks @drg1985 & @IrishCancerSoc for your support and assistance so far!
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@TodaySOR I despair that while you have been supplied with the guidelines (back in Jan) surrounding a fatal foetal diagnosis & the difference between it and a “life-limiting” condition, you persist in allowing falsehoods to be uttered unchecked, by guests. #todaysor #RepealThe8th
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Great to see pharmacists ranked so high. Accessible reliable professionals in communities across the country @IrishPharmacy Responding to #pandemic & serving the public through #covid
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Please take Vitamin D to protect against Covid-19, say Irish experts
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Remembering all those who died this day, 21 years ago when the Real IRA bombed Omagh, killing 29 innocent people and injuring over 220 more. Protestants, Catholics, 6 teenagers,6 children,a woman pregnant with twins,2 Spanish tourists, and others on a day trip from the Republic.
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What a brave and personal tweet. The HPV vaccine reduces harm &saves lives -and it's available now for all girls. @DrRobertOConnor @drg1985
@feline_charm @juneshannon @Charbrevolution @na_bac_liom @InformdConsent @ElaineEdwardsIT @IrishTimes This is where my uterus used to be. I might still have it, if the vaccine had been available. I might be a mother too #cervicalcancer
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Happy to see the VAT on sun beds being raised from 13.5% to the full rate of 23% following #Budget18 @DrRobertOConnor @IrishCancerSoc.
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This is just incredibly amazing. The best #10yearschallenge I’ve seen to date 😍 #VaccinesWork.
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Christmas has *magically* appeared in my shop windows in Rathgar! I am absolutely exhausted now - and covered in glitter & snow - but it’s worth all the effort in the end!🎄
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When the going gets tough, the women get going. ⭐️👏🏻⭐️. #morewomen @women4election @NWCI @Together4yes.
Tonight women have made history. All those women who decided to run when #HillaryClinton lost?.They have won more seats than in any previous election. By the end of #ElectionNight, there will be 100 women in the House. #Midterms2018.
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#MarchForChoice @arc What a great day. We #repealedThe8th @Together4yes We did this together- now let’s legislate
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Fab evening fundraising for @Together4yes with so many wonderful people, incl. amazing hun @AndreaHoran in the Kevin Kavanagh gallery - exactly four weeks from now the majority of votes will be cast - please #checktheregister make sure you’re on it and VOTE YES to #repealthe8th
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Thanks to everyone who came along and supported me& @ivanabacik this evening for the #repealthe8th debate at #EP2016
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Congratulations to Frances Fitzgerald @FineGael her team and her family. Great result #EP19 @FitzgeraldFrncs
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From Donegal to Cork, Limerick, Kerry, Offaly, Sligo, Louth, Kilkenny, Westmeath, Kildare, Meath, and Dublin to Mayo -a cross political coalition for #repealthe8th coming together in support of a Yes vote in the #8thref ! Men& women from all over Ireland. Support them, help them!
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@aoiph I hope you didn’t mind me quoting your tweet in the chamber during the 8th debate today, it really did strike such a chord when I read it. #repealthe8th
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@SarahBardon And here. is a picture of *some* of the many, many politicians advocating a Yes vote!
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The referendum was held #OnThisDay 34 yr/ago. I was 3. Next year we will come together, reclaim our laws & #repealthe8th #knowyourrepealers
The Referendum was held #OnThisDay 34 years ago. I was 14.
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Dettol makers warn against injecting or ingesting disinfectant after Trump suggestion (via @thejournal_ie)
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At the @Together4yes launch in Donegal, easily 140+ in the room for #repealthe8th with @TFMRIRE @ARCDonegal & Eamon McGee delivering powerful, passionate testimonies and speeches.
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Really great gathering of potential @women4election candidates this evening, accommodated in the brand new @WeWorkIreland space at Iveagh Court - starting some female candidates in training super young at just 6wks! 💖
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Want to help #repealthe8th ? Do you have some time to drop newspapers around your estate, or to distribute them in your apartment block? . The National Issue is an amazing resource to help the campaign. Each bundle could deliver 150 potential Yes votes - DM me to grab some:)
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There she is now, my angel, a halo of light above her, always supporting me - and *always* making sure we don’t take a right turn, politically or otherwise - as we #LookForward to a more secure, inclusive and positive future 🥰
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Looking at what she looked like when she was born, I suppose the signs were there on the hair front. but the child is not yet two! #hair 🙈
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But. I didn’t. tweet at him??. CONSPIRACY! CHEMTRAILS! 🤯
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Great to see Justice Minister @CharlieFlanagan along with FG ministers @josephamadigan & @ReginaDo calling for #RepealThe8th in the @IrishTimes today. Compassionate party colleagues.
Thank you @MurphyEoghan for coming out today and stating your mature, reasoned and compassionate stance on the 8th amendment - great to see, and great to hear. #RepealThe8th #trustwomen
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So right. There is no conspiracy. People enter medicine to help people and save lives.
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“Indecent haste” on discussions in the chamber on the #8thref bill says Deputy Mattie McGrath, so now we are voting on the order of the business for the week. The rest of the country will be voting with whatever type of haste they choose at the end of May. #repealthe8th.
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Delighted to be invited by @jschweppe of @ULSchoolofLaw to give a seminar next Monday (19th Feb) in UL on “How Legal and Medical Opinions Informed the #8committee “ before travelling to Ennis for 7pm to support @ClareARC1 and attend their open info evening on #repealthe8th
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Thank you @MarcellaCK for facilitating and leading the canvass through Tullamore today 💖 I know you have been working hard across the county, canvassing for repeal and having the types of conversations that will win this:) I’m proud to be your party & campaign colleague:)
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