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Irish Times
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Children’s rights campaigners have warmly welcomed the referendum result, describing it as an historic day for children.
Barnardos chief executive Fergus Finlay said he was delighted by the outcome.
“We’re not going to wake up tomorrow morning and discover that every child in Ireland is suddenly healthier, happier and safer than they were yesterday. There’s a lot of work to be done. This is the start of the work, this is the first piece of the jigsaw. But it’s a really really important piece of the jigsaw.
He criticised the “ferocious scaremongering” carried out by the No side saying it didn’t surprise him in the slightest that people ended up alarmed and confused.
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