Regular readers might be aware that in a previous life, your correspondent was involved at a senior level in helping to shape several Irish referendum campaigns – both Lisbon referenda and the abortion referendum of 2018. You might therefore forgive me a moment of relief that those days are in the past, and that for the upcoming referenda on women in the home and the definition of family, yours truly will play the role of interested observer, and nothing more.
That previous experience, however, has given me some insights which lead me to believe that yesterday’s intervention from Senator Michael McDowell, in which he came out in support of a “no” vote on both ballots, might well prove decisive in the outcome of the two votes due on March 8th.
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