Anti-abortion campaigner Maria Steen has said she will take part in Wednesday night’s TV3 debate on the Eighth Amendment, having previously withdrawn from the programme. Ms Steen, who represents the Iona Institute, is due to appear on the The Pat Kenny Show alongside Senator Ronan Mullen advocating a No vote. Ms Steen advised the programme on Tuesday she would not be attending but contacted them on Wednesday to say she will now take part in the show. It said it had informed the No campaign from the outside that the panel would not include anyone who had already been a panelist on the Claire Byrne Live debate a week previously. "However, the No campaign insisted that Maria Steen (a lawyer) - who was a panelist on the Claire Byrne Live debate - was the only option it would put forward.

Source: The Irish Times May 23, 2018 09:30 UTC