IRELAND
Irish Independent
Sunday November 11 2012
IF the anaemic turnout for the children referendum proves anything, it proves that the Irish find social change hard to deal with.
If this is what we are like for a referendum, backed by all political parties and almost all established civic society and children’s rights groups, what will we be like when we have to confront perennially divisive issues such as abortion, IVF treatment, stem cell research or equality for same sex couples?
Both the Government and the extraordinarily well funded Yes side must examine why their information campaign did not yield a higher turnout.
The No side (miniscule in comparison) will congratulate itself on the benefits of guerilla marketing and the rule requiring a 50/50 playing field on television and radio.
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