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8th March 2017
04:11pm GMT
You may have noticed (and how could you not?) that there's a huge march happening in Dublin today in support of repealing the Eighth Amendment.
Organised by activists Strike 4 Repeal, women and men are striking from work and marching from noon today in solidarity with the 11 the Irish women a day who have to take a day off work to travel abroad if they wish to access a safe and legal abortion.
Women are encouraged to wear all black or a black armband to show support, and colleges across Dublin have also joined in, walking out of lectures and marching in the college grounds.
The Strike 4 Repeal march kicked off at 12.30pm today, and the amount of people that have joined in is absolutely breathtaking.
Check out the crowds who are making their voices heard:
Just LOOK at this Facebook Live drone video of the march taken by Paul Maher - amazing
Even though I can't be there, work is giving me the best view of #Strike4Repeal pic.twitter.com/F6iuZvTjk5
— Kelly (@Kellyytoland) March 8, 2017
#Strike4Repeal protest on O'Connell? Street. pic.twitter.com/4Uoxyg7LW2
— Aditya Labhe (@adi_mera_naam) March 8, 2017
Incredible crowd gathered in the city centre for today's #Strike4Repeal march. pic.twitter.com/536fT1mfK2
— Lovin Dublin (@LovinDublin) March 8, 2017
Hundreds gathering at #strike4repeal @ UCD pic.twitter.com/1vxivbTExa
— Patrick Dempsey (@PatMattDempsey) March 8, 2017
DCU Students walk out #Strike4Repeal pic.twitter.com/RNgwoADkqN
— Dr Maria Deiana (@DrDeiana) March 8, 2017
The crowd on one side of O'Connell bridge #Strike4Repeal #repealthe8th pic.twitter.com/wq0i7QEfHs
— Alan Kinsella (@electionlit) March 8, 2017
#Strike4Repeal pic.twitter.com/mCQR1bLXBa
— niamh ? (@timemakesfools) March 8, 2017
If you haven't been able to leave work to join Strike 4 Repeal this afternoon, a March for Repeal is starting at the Garden of Remembrance at Parnell Square in Dublin at 5.30pm this evening to march to the Dail.
Header Image: Paul Meagher/Facebook
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