Irish general election and abortion referendum results

Title

Irish general election and abortion referendum results

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:42

Description

Report on results of the Irish general election seeing Fianna Fail losing, Albert Reynolds will continue as head of the party, and Labour Party doubling its seats with leader Dick Spring benefiting from successfully nominating Mary Robinson in the presidential elections 2 years ago. The abortion referendum provided a mixed result, reaction from pro-choice campaigner Ruth Riddick of the Well Woman Centre, and pro-life campaign chairperson Des Hanafin. A special cabinet meeting has been called over the European Exchange Rate Mechanism currency crisis as the Irish pound battles for its place. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ruth Riddick; Des Hanafin

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Ireland; Referenda; Abortion; Presidents; Fianna Fail; General elections; Currencies; International monetary systems; Dick Spring; ERM; Albert Reynolds; Mary Robinson

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