SBP editorial: Referendum result is a manifesto of a new, unexpected Ireland

Ireland wrestled with its past and, through a landslide ballot few had predicted or even thought possible, has now voted to redefine its future. Young, old. Women, men. Urban, rural. Liberal, conservative.

The scale of the vote on Friday to repeal the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution reveals an unprecedented unity in this country, a unity of conviction that we have rarely witnessed before.

It is as close to a universal endorsement as ...