PODCAST
Oct 22, 2017

The Week in Review: Oireachtas Eighth Amendment Vote and the North’s Pro-Choice Campaign

The University Times offers listeners a look behind the headlines of the week's biggest stories.

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In this week’s podcast, senior staff from The University Times discuss the parallels between Northern Ireland’s nascent pro-choice campaign and the South’s push for repeal, as well as what a vote in an Oireachtas committee means as the country looks towards a referendum on the eighth amendment.

Show notes:

We interviewed:
Dominic McGrath
Niamh Egleston
Mary O’Toole SC

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The University Times‘s articles discussed in this episode:

Students Join 2,500 on Belfast’s Streets, Demanding Abortion Reform

Oireachtas Committee Votes to Not Retain Eighth Amendment in Full

Podcast Editor: Isla Hoe
Deputy Podcast Editor: Izzy Rowley
Assistant Podcast Editors: Sarah Clarke, Barry Neenan