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MANY IRISH CELEBRITIES have been pretty outspoken about their views on the same-sex marriage referendum.
Some have taken to Twitter and Facebook to share their thoughts with their fans. Others have made videos, and some have written opinion pieces.
Louis Walsh is the latest to back a Yes vote, telling Labour LGBT that he’s a supporter of same-sex marriage.
With just five days to go before we cast our votes, we’ve rounded up the views of prominent Irish figures and celebrities on how they’ll vote in the referendum.
Louis Walsh
“It’s a Yes from me”, he told Labour LGBT
Daniel O’Donnell
He told Ray D’Arcy on RTÉ Radio One:
I think everyone should be equal. I can’t see what a Yes vote is going to do against anybody.
Ursula Halligan
The TV3 journalist said she had recently accepted her sexuality, and intends on voting Yes, in an emotional and widely-shared article.
Eamonn Coghlan
Coghlan told The42.ie:
The only way to give same-sex couples full equality is to change the constitution — what this referendum is doing — and we’ll be the first country in the world to put it to the people of the country.
Fight Like Apes
Sister Stan
Sr Stanislaus Kennedy said:
I have thought a lot about this. I am going to vote Yes in recognition of the gay community as full members of society.
Eamon McGee
The Donegal footballer is voting Yes and received hate mail over it.
Fr Gerard Moloney
The Redemptorist priest wrote in the Irish Times about supporting a Yes vote
Laurence Kinlan
The Love/Hate actor is voting Yes.
Robert Sheehan
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse has been campaigning for a Yes vote with Yes Equality.
Aidan Gillen
The Game of Thrones star joined the #VoteWithUs campaign:
Roddy Doyle
He has used his Facebook posts to argue in favour of same-sex marriage:
Mrs Brown
Dublin footballers Michael Darragh MacCauley and Roray O’Carroll, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Holly Carpenter and Vogue Williams
Andrew Scott
Justin McAleese
Chris O’Dowd
Bressie
Brian O’Driscoll
Amy Huberman
Dustin the Turkey
Gay Byrne
Glen Hansard
PJ Gallagher
Hozier
Donal Skehan
Kodaline
Angela Scanlan
Rubberbandits
George Hook
Aisling Bea
Colin Farrell
Bosco
Ger Brennan
Brennan wrote an opinion piece in the Irish Independent about voting No:
He said he wrote it because in “the last 3 or 4 weeks as the referendum date is nearing and the debates are picking up, I would have been asked by a lot of my peers what my thinking was on it.”
Archbishop of Tuam Michael Neary
The Church’s position on this is entirely positive: it is against the proposal to redefine marriage. We are not taking a conservative viewpoint or wilfully inhibiting genuine progress.
Bishop of Limerick Brennan Leahy
He called for the State“to find a way to protect the civil rights of gay people without undermining the meaning of marriage that is as old as the hills.”
Bishop Diarmuid Martin
He cleared up confusion by saying he intends on voting No:
But I say so publicly because in a recent curious report in the Irish Catholic, the editor of the Catholic Voice is quoted as saying that I had “confused” the press by my attitude to the referendum and had given constant solace to the Yes campaign.
Tipperary hurler Kieran Bergin
Bruce Arnold
The journalist wrote an opinion piece for the Irish Times advocating a No vote.
Bill Tormey
The doctor and commentator – and former politician – is voting No.
Sister Consilio
In a video, she spoke about why she is voting No:
Michael Aherne
The piano player in the film The Commitments told Spirit Radio he will be voting No.
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They’re supposed to be elected as public representatives. What could be more important than meeting this person.
Simple Simon running for cover again and using another outrage towards Irish women as cover. What a waste of space…..
Jesus Christ but can’t women in this country catch a break…
@Vigo The Carpathian: considering a lot of men on here are voting No and even joke about our bodily autonomy (not to be mixed up with theirs which is taken for granted). No.
Maybe the fact that this latest information is mainly about older women is a factor in his decision not to bother meeting them or their representative ? So perhaps the minister is ageist as well as incompetent ?
He’s a journalist for heavens sake, how would he even remotely have any idea what the hell is going on with women’s problems like this & be able to give any reassurance to these unfortunate women?
Well due to the appalling mess that is the HSE the minister is clearly a very busy man, running from one emergency to the next. At least there are no fatalities associated with this one. BTW whats with the Journal telling me this post “This may be perceived as toxic 4.2/10″ would you not take a flying one……
@Austin Rock: That’s just typical of a man to make such a statement, have you in any way , any idea what these women suffer, but sure hey “ there’s no fatalities “ so it’s grand!
@Colette Kearns: to be fair he said no fatalities associated with this one in reference to the smear test debacle in with there are fatalities. In no way did he say it’s ok because there are no fatalities
@Dave O Keeffe: He showed he doesn’t have a clue about the issue, the pain and suffering women have to go through when problems arise. All he’s concerned about is excusing Harris ignoring these women.
I do agree with him about this “Toxic” rubbish that apperars while i’m typing a comment.
That’s shameful of Harris and he wants us to vote and hand over the 8th too! VOTE NO
@Maeve Wall: ah look another new account
@Maeve Wall: go away.
I wonder what advice could any of the female journalists on here give to men with problems with their prostate or similar . Funny how nothing like that is going on (t g ) but it’s always the women that suffer. As the saying goes “ it’s a mans world “ & they want to keep it that way. ( thankfully not all men tho)
Can’t help but notice the way J.B. Is standing!!
What was so important that it had to be cancelled? Is the matter being raised too soon after the cervical cancer scandal and Fine Gael is trying to create some time distance between one and the other?
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Further breast examination tests taken previously, have been reported to up questioned also. This too is being kept on a profile by a certain group of newspapers – little or no reporting. The public deliberate left in the dark again?
Bloody hell our health system has a serious problem treating women for female specific issues. Is the woman’s body a new thing to the HSE?
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