IRELAND
Irish Independent
Gavin White
May 7 2017
AROUND 1,500 people marched in Dublin city centre today against the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital being given to the religious order the Sisters of Charity.
The protesters gathered at the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Street before marching to Government buildings.
The demonstration was organised by the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Uplift and Parents for Choice in Pregnancy and Stillbirth.
Amongst the crowd was Gerry Kelly (75) who came up from Waterford for what he called “a massive issue.”
Mr Kelly said he was “fed up with the church and its influence on the state.
“Taxpayers money going into the hospital does not equal religious ownership of the new hospital.
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