Taoisech Leo Varadkar cast his own vote in Castleknock saying that a high turnout will be an advantage for the Yes campaign. Thousands of mostly young voters have flown home to Ireland as the country votes on whether or not to legalise abortion. Part of the high turnout is due to scores of largely young, largely Yes voters returning to Ireland from as far afield as South America, Bangkok and Australia to vote. Plane carrying Irish voters is hit by second aircraft in London A Ryanair flight carrying dozens of Irish voters home for the abortion referendum has crashed with another plane on the runway at London Stansted Airport today. It protects the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn and effectively prohibits abortion in most cases.

Source: Daily Mail May 25, 2018 07:45 UTC