Faye O’Donoghue

Faye O’Donoghue moved to London from Waterford last year to study. She thinks that a yes vote on May 22nd will give Irish LGBT people peace of mind, knowing that some day they will be able to legally marry someone they love. “I found growing up gay in Ireland quite difficult at times. Knowing that the Constitution didn’t consider me …

Dominic Hannigan

Dominic Hannigan is the Labour Party Deputy for Meath East. He has represented Meath since 2004 when he was elected as a councillor in the Local Elections that year. “This gives us a great opportunity to demonstrate that, when we say we’re an equal and tolerant society, we mean just that. It’s almost 100 years since the proclamation outside the …

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is a Labour TD and Minister for Equality, New Communities and Culture. He draws on the 1916 proclamation’s promises to Irish citizens about equality, and sees this coming vote as an opportunity to further vindicate that right. “I’m voting for marriage equality because I think we should live up to the Proclamation of the Republic, which guarantees …

Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy is an Independent TD for Kildare North. She recalls the devastation that the first divorce referendum had on people in the 80s – how at the time they felt rejected by their own society. She asks you to come out and vote yes in May to ensure that history does not repeat itself. “I remember being in the …

Jerry Buttimer

Jerry Buttimer (46) is from Cork. Jerry is a former teacher and is now a Fine Gael TD and Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee. He believes that our Proclamation calls on us to cherish all the children of the Republic equally, and this vote is the historic opportunity to do just that. “Our Proclamation asks us to cherish …

Roderic O’Gorman

Roderic O’Gorman (33) is a Green Party Councillor for Castleknock and Mulhuddart. As he says, our constitution and the rights contained within it belongs to us as citizens. But those of us who are gay and are citizens are excluded from the protections Article 41 gives to families. He’ll be voting yes because he wants all families to be equally …