Registrations recorded by students’ unions in Ireland, 2015:
IT Carlow SU: 600
Cork IT SU: 600
University College Cork SU: 3,500
IT Tralee SU: 250
Limerick IT SU: 264
Waterford IT SU: 450
NUI, Galway SU: 3,000
Maynooth Students’ Union: 2,500
Galway Mayo IT SU: 1,080
IT Sligo SU: 950
St Angela’s College, Sligo SU: 47
Athlone IT SU: 450
Letterkenny IT SU: 220
Dundalk IT SU: 100
St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra SU: 468
IT Tallaght SU: 700
Dublin City University SU: 800
Trinity College Dublin SU: 3,150
IT Blanchardstown: 156
Dublin IT SU: 750
National College of Ireland SU: 175
Total: 20,210 students registered to vote in 2014/2015 for the Mar Ref.
(Figures recorded by Union of Students Ireland (USI) for the Marriage Referendum, in May of 2015.)
To: Mr. Leo Varadkar
Hold a Referendum to Repeal the 8th Amendment in May 2018
This campaign has ended.
Set the date for the referendum to repeal the 8th amendment of the constitution in May.
Why is this important?
It is obvious that the vote of the Irish student is very powerful, with over 20,000 students registering to vote in the Marriage Equality referendum in 2015, making it the largest turnout in twenty years since the divorce referendum in 1995. This is why the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment must not take place in June or later, when students go abroad to work or travel.
Over 18,000 students have registered to vote so far. More will register with an RFA2 form, to be a part of the supplementary register (which requires a Garda witness).
Students have been politicised by Ireland’s restrictive laws, and are the agents of change. The 18,000+ votes count in this fight for bodily autonomy. And this is why the referendum must be in May of 2018.