TODAY Ireland goes to the polls to vote on whether not to repeal the eighth amendment from its constitution.
A repeal vote would mean that women can have access to legal abortion within 12 weeks of pregnancy, extending to 24 in execptional circumstances.
#HomeToVote has been trending on Twitter as thousands return home and share their stories online.
Here are some of the most powerful tweets.
I made friends at the boarding gate. Not one of us knew each other. #hometovote #london #ireland @LdnIrishARC pic.twitter.com/w7A91tUrZu
— Danielle Stephens (@DaniS1006) May 24, 2018
Brussels airport boarding to Dublin. The passengers on one flight #hometovote #Repealthe8th pic.twitter.com/pGyoanvFT3
— Paula Kehoe (@paulamkehoe) May 24, 2018
Irish women who have come #hometovote arriving at Dublin airport. pic.twitter.com/jTMm1xg9a1
— Laura Silver (@laurafleur) May 24, 2018
Last minute decision to go #hometovote to #repealthe8th No flights left from London, so I have a 4 hour train, 4 hour wait and 3 hour ferry to make it home to vote- which is a walk in the park in comparison to the journey that Irish women are making every day to the UK
— Michelle McHugh (@MichelleMarleyy) May 24, 2018
My dad sent my sister a text this week saying he will vote on her behalf since she can't get home to vote.
— Avril Hayden 🇮🇪🇪🇺 (@AvvyEire) May 24, 2018
Little do either of my parents know I'm sitting in the airport waiting for her flight to arrive. #hometovote #Mna4Ta #Together4Yes #men4yes #Repealthe8th
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪THERE IS A LADY AT DUBLIN AIRPORT HANDING OUT BAGS OF TAYTO TO ALL THE ONES COMING #HOMETOVOTE 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
— Caoimhín RuPeal The 8th (@yascaoimhin) May 24, 2018
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
I.
ADORE.
THIS.
STUPID.
COUNTRY.
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Just some of the gang coming #HomeToVote from Gatwick right now! #Together4yes pic.twitter.com/HMnnHfKqke
— London-Irish ARC (@LdnIrishARC) May 24, 2018
Last minute flight from Vancouver to London: $1500
— Vancouver Kilo (@Kilo53908733) May 25, 2018
Length of journey: 15 hours
Repealing the 8th: priceless.
Me mas's reacrion: also priceless. 😂#HomeToVote #abroadforyes pic.twitter.com/G11cjh11c2
All the way from Sweden to Kerry, a 12 hour journey to cross a big fat YES on the ballot paper #HometoVote #repealthe8th pic.twitter.com/psC2utM3K5
— Nora (@tea_and_biccies) May 23, 2018
My 'drop of golden' son just landed in Cork airport. He is #hometovote and will be voting YES for his sister, YES his mum & YES for a better day for women and a kinder Ireland. Our family all #TogetherForYes #together2vote @CorkTogether4Y pic.twitter.com/fK9Dc7nCi6
— Colette Kelleher (@ColetteKelleher) May 24, 2018
Cost of flights from Hanoi to Dublin: 800 euro. Length of journey: 20 hours. Chance to #repealthe8th: PRICELESS. #hometovote #Together4Yes pic.twitter.com/oROnKcBXcF
— the cute hoor (@HoorayForNiamh) May 22, 2018
It's never too late to cancel your holiday and come #hometovote pic.twitter.com/w3aVurTKSB
— VultureDoyle (@Repzy) May 24, 2018
I went to Dublin Airport to bear witness to this amazing movement and I could.not.cope.#hometovote pic.twitter.com/NBZQewsfAe
— Jane Horgan-Jones (@horganjonesjane) May 24, 2018
a friend of mine wasn’t allowed fly from Manchester as she forgot her passport. random stranger in the airport transferred her 400 pounds to book flights tomorrow morning. She will be #hometovote. I will be crying
— ruth cunningham (@rthcnnghm) May 24, 2018
I'm not cying. It's just been raining. On my face.
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