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Wednesday 25 December, 2024
Wednesday 25 December, 2024
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24 emotional #HomeToVote tweets by people coming back to Ireland from every corner of the globe
1. This guy is so ready to vote that he has prepared several contingency plans.
People are even offering to collect this lad from the airport if his bus doesn’t arrive.
2. One woman shared how her son used all his birthday money to buy his plane ticket home to vote.
3. It may be a divisive referendum, but it’s bringing some families even closer.
4. Droves of young people began their journeys home a week ago.
5. They’re not going to let the once-in-a-generation opportunity to vote on this referendum go to waste.
6. There’s something tragic about the fact that people in airports coming home are crossing paths with others who are travelling for healthcare.
7. This guy began his flight feeling a little bit lonely, but knew it was nothing in comparison to what Irish people travelling to the UK feel.
8. But amazingly, he met four other Irish people heading home to vote on the very same flight.
9. There has never been a greater sense of solidarity in Irish airports.
10. Hopefully the shops have stocked up on Tayto for all the incoming Irish migrants.
11. Few people see as many people affected by the Eighth Amendment as flight attendants who work between the UK and Ireland.
12. This lovely Leitrim Daddy has the place ready for his daughter’s return home.
13. People are travelling thousands of miles so that others will not have to do so in the future.
14. And there’s plenty of solidarity from abroad.
15. Irish illustrator Annie West shared her 2015 illustration from the marriage referendum, which is even more poignant now.
16. Get the kettle on for anyone you know coming home.
17. This woman made the sad realisation that a flight from Toronto to Dublin costs less than travelling to the UK for an abortion.
18. It’s heartening to see how grateful people are towards all of those who are travelling.
19. People are as excited as they are nervous.
20. This Irish historian wants to make history instead of writing it for a change.
21. People are still eager to fund trips home for those who can’t afford it.
22. Some people are sacrificing their yogurts to get back to Ireland.
23. There’s nothing more wholesome than a #HomeToVote selfie. Except for, a #HomeToVote selfie with a cute baby.
24. Bless these lovely parents.
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