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A MARCH WILL be held in Dublin today to highlight a woman’s right to safe and legal abortions as part of a global day of action.
Today is the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion which will be marked at a number of public events across the country including in the capital where a ‘March for Choice’ will be held.
The government is currently awaiting the publication of a report by an expert group set up to examine the implications of a European Court of Human Rights ruling regarding abortion legislation in Ireland in 2010.
Campaigners taking part in today’s march say on their Facebook page: “This is a celebration of being pro-choice! A day of being pro-choice and proud, speaking up and speaking out, making our voices heard. Come and celebrate with us!”
They also said they expect a “small amount of counter-protesters” but have urged participants to not engage with them.
The march starts at 2pm today at The Spire on O’Connell Street before they head to Merrion Square where there will be a number of speakers including United Left Alliance TD Clare Daly and Labour senator Ivana Bacik.
Other speakers include Sineád Ahern from Choice Ireland, journalist Colette Browne, and Mara Clarke who is the director of the Abortion Support Network.
Pro-life campaigners, Youth Defence, are among those organising an All Ireland Rally For Life in Dublin on 6 July next year.
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So annoying when these videos start playing if you have the volume on. Thanks for that, Quinton! Sorted!
Anyway of switching facebook off altogether…. It depresses me everytime I go on it yet I still go on it.
block everything you cant be arsed with and join a lot of pages that interest you. mine is all science, games and jokes.
Do like I did. Deactivate your account. I dont miss it for a second.
I have the newest android update and don’t see that auto play option in the app settings?
Is there an ‘auto-play on WiFi only’ option available? Ticking that is the next best thing if you can’t turn it off fully.
thank you
It’s directly under the Sync Photos option in my version (for Galaxy S5), Darren.
Any way of switching off the journals annoying ads?
Alan if you’re willing to fund the journal or pay a weekly subscription the ads will disappear.the journalists don’t work for free ya know
No probs where do I pay to get rid of them?
Excellent and thanks
I’d also recommend, from a more general angle, activating “click-to-play” in your desktop browsers. There has been some pretty malicious flash exploits found (in the wider internet), and one method of delivery is the dreaded auto-play.
also, they’re annoying.
http://www.howtogeek.com/188059/how-to-enable-click-to-play-plugins-in-every-web-browser/
Tis time we all turned fb off altogether. Its had its moment in the sun and is getting way above itself with its flagrant abuse of people’s privacy
What’s up with this article? it disappears then reappears any time I refresh the app
Cheers
Fair play to ya! So annoying!
Anyone know what the craic is with”session expired, please log in again” coming up on iphone messenger app? Won’t let me log into the new messenger App.
Thanks for that Quinton
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