IRELAND
Irish Independent
Kirsty Blake Knox
May 8 2017
Around 1,500 people marched in Dublin city centre yesterday against the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital being given to the Order of the Sisters of Charity.
The protesters gathered at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, before marching to Government Buildings and handing in a petition with 103,607 signatures.
The demonstration was organised by the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Uplift and Parents for Choice in Pregnancy and Stillbirth.
Among the crowd was Gerry Kelly (75), who travelled up from Waterford for the march.
Mr Kelly said he was “fed up with the Church and its influence on the State”.
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