Ireland split on abortion

PRO- and anti-abortion activists in Ireland are hitting the streets and social networks to mobilise a divided electorate with less than a fortnight to go until a referendum on the thorny issue.

Voters decide on May 25 whether to remove the 1983 constitutional restriction on abortion – a highly sensitive issue in a traditionally devoutly Catholic country.

The referendum will ask voters if they want to keep the constitutional restriction or repeal it and allow the Irish parliament to legislate on abortion.