Rebecca Doyle

Rebecca is a 21 year old law student in Maynooth University. She wants you to Vote Yes not only for her but for every young LGBT person in Ireland who is struggling to accept themselves. On May 22nd, she wants you to be their voice. Vote Yes! “This referendum is also a powerful symbol for every lost and scared LGBT …

Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is originally from Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath, and now lives in Dublin. “About 100 years ago, [the proclamation] was written which said that all children should be treated equally. Currently gay and lesbian people are not treated equally… As Mary McAleese said, this referendum is about children – lesbian and gay children, and I hope that you will vote yes …

Patricia Fanning

Patricia Fanning is the equality officer for IMPACT Trade Union. She lives in Dublin and has been married herself for nearly 30 years. “Marriage is ultimate commitment that two people who love each other can make. Why should I want to deny, to any two people who love each other, the opportunity to get married? This referendum is an opportunity …

Francis Timmons

Francis Timmons is an Independent Councillor for Clondalkin on South Dublin County Council. For Francis, 2015 is the year to be proud and live with pride; and the year to fight for equality and against homophobia. “I don’t feel the need to thank people for giving the LGBT community human rights – they’ve earned their rights as human brings, and …

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 …

Eve Kerton

Eve Kerton is from Clonmel, South Tipperary. She’s currently the Welfare Officer in DCU and, as she says herself “striving for equality empowers me to do my job to the best of my ability”. For her, seeing the marriage equality referendum passed while she’ still in office will be the biggest highlight of her time in that position. “It pains me to see …

Conor Walsh

Conor Walsh is from Coolock in Dublin. He is a third level student at Dublin City University. “In the past twenty years Ireland has taken huge steps in accepting gay and trans people into our lives. I think it’s time [now] that we take that big leap into the future, the only way we can do that is by voting yes.”

Andrew Ralph

Andrew Ralph, 19, is a first year student of Journalism in DCU. He is also involved with the DCU branch of Young Fine Gael, and is a sub-editor for the College View. “The people who died in the Easter Rising wanted a country based on equality, fraternity, liberty and democracy. Do you really want to live in a society where people …

Sam McKeague

Sam McKeague grew up in Dundalk, but now studies full time at Dublin City University. “There are people who have been in love for decades, but because of our current laws they cannot express that to one another truly, through marriage. I want that to end.”

Tara Flynn

Tara is an actor and comedian, co-writer/ performer of the Marriage Equality PSA “Armagayddon” and firm believer in equality for all. For her it’s a matter of human rights, and she and her husband ask you to vote yes so that other couples can share the right to marry that they have. “One of the reasons why this matters so …