The repeal of Ireland's Eighth Amendment, which guarantees the right to life of the unborn, has passed with a nearly 2-1 margin.

“Priests and bishops get verbal abuse by being told, ‘How can you speak for women? You don’t know what it’s like!’”

The Irish bishops have warned that if the Eighth Amendment is repealed, legislation the government plans to introduce would make Ireland one of the most liberal abortion regimes in Europe. 

The United States can offer this nation’s own grim legacy on abortion as an ominous warning to the Irish people.

As the Good Friday Agreement turns 20, the future of Northern Ireland remains unclear.

The United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union could complicate life for Ireland, north and south of the border.