This Video Asking Irish Emigrants To Come #HomeToVote Will Tug On Your Heartstrings

Back in 2015, there was a successful campaign to get Irish emigrants home to vote in the marriage equality referendum.

Photos from trains, ferries and airports across the globe showed groups of people coming together to ‘make grá the law’:

This is the scene on the 9:10 London to Holyhead train as Irish abroad return #hometovote #marref pic.twitter.com/spVfkb5sIT

— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) May 22, 2015

It was one of the most touching moments of #marref – and now, the campaign has started up again for the referendum on the 8th Amendment, which is fast approaching,

This clip, created by the London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign, shows Irish people all over the world preparing to come home to vote on May 25.

It’s joyful, while also hammering home the very real and serious issue at hand:

There’s something in our eyes. :’)

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• #repealthe8th

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