Irish Referendum

Pauline Cullen is a sociology lecturer specialising in gender studies at Maynooth University in County Kildare, Ireland. She talks about this societal shift in a country where the Catholic Church has… Audio

Honorary consul-general for Ireland to New Zealand is Niamh McMahon. She gives her view on what the Yes vote means to repeal Ireland's abortion laws. Audio

Ireland has voted a clear Yes in its referendum to lift its ban on abortion. A group of supporters gathered in Wellington to watch the vote come in on TV. Heather Byrne was one of them. Audio