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At 7:20 pm on 23rd May 2015, in the courtyard of Dublin Castle, Ireland truly became a nation of equals. Ireland Says Yes is the fast-paced narrative account of all the drama, excitement and highs and lows of the last 100 days of the extraordinary campaign for a Yes vote in the 2015 Marriage Equality Referendum. Those who led the Yes Equality campaign tell the inside story of how the referendum was won, and how Ireland’s two principal gay and lesbian rights organisations put together the most effective and successful civic society campaign ever launched in Irish politics. As well as a drama-packed chronological account of how the Yes campaign was executed, the book explores how social media mobilised a new generation of voters to the polls and how political parties, student unions and youth groups co-ordinated their efforts to deliver one of the most historic referendum results in Irish political history.

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9781785370373

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Ireland Says Yes, then, is the remarkable story of how peace broke out, how a number of gay groups, so at odds with each other just a short time before, put duty first to create a tightly organised, hugely efficient and broad-based election machine. -- Colm Toibin * The Irish Times *

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Gráinne Healy was co-founder and chairwoman of Marriage Equality since 2008, and was Co-Director of the Yes Equality Campaign. Brian Sheehan is Executive Director of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, a board member of ILGA-Europe, and was Co-Director of the Yes Equality Campaign. Noel Whelan is a leading author of several books on Irish politics, a political columnist for the Irish Times and a regular commentator for the broadcast media. He is also a barrister, and was Strategic Adviser to the Yes Equality Campaign.

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