With the referendum on a knife-edge, Irish citizens all over the world will flock home to vote
From Berlin to Toronto, Maastricht to Los Angeles and London, Irish expatriates based all over the world will be flocking home this week to vote in what looks set to be a knife-edge abortion referendum.
Cambridge, Oxford, London and Nottingham universities have opened up bursaries to help students fly to Ireland for the historic poll on Friday, while elsewhere voters have got funding from friends and family to make their voice heard.
The Irish abortion referendum
Tears poured silently down my face at Oxfords Student Council yst. A small number of Irish students sat in the middle of the room as our motion to fund Irish students to go #HomeToVote was debated & passed.
I'm exhausted, grateful, emotional & proud. Onwards we go.#Repeal8th pic.twitter.com/OVJ2P6tL6A
I have been waiting for this referendum all my life & am devastated I can’t get #hometovote. For my fellow Irish men & women living abroad who can’t vote in this referendum. For all the Irish women travelling today, this weekend & next week to the UK for abortions #bemyyes pic.twitter.com/RFUn7ewT7E
Related: As polls narrow before the abortion vote, is rural Ireland setting up a Brexit moment?
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