In January 2018 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, TD, and leader of Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin, TD, both announced their support for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment and for the proposal to allow unrestricted access to abortion up to twelve weeks, the position that had been recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. The legislation allowing for the referendum to take place was passed through the Oireachtas on 28 March, with the date for the referendum set for Friday 25 May. This, in effect, marked the beginning of the campaign by both sides although rallies had taken place earlier in the month. An interesting development occurred in relation to online advertising in early May, when Facebook banned all ads related to the referendum from advertisers based outside of Ireland, with Google later banning all ads related to the referendum in their entirety. This move followed increasing concern both internationally and in Ireland about the unregulated nature of online advertising and the influence such ads have on democracy (see Weckler et al., 2018). The referendum was ultimately passed by a majority of 66 per cent in favour to 34 per cent against on a turnout of just over 64 per cent. The referendum was overwhelmingly approved in urban constituencies; only one constituency, Donegal, had a majority ‘No’ vote against the referendum.

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政治发展，2018

2018 年 1 月，道教教长 Leo Varadkar 和 Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 的领导人都宣布支持废除第八修正案和允许在 12 周内不受限制地进行堕胎的提议，这一立场一直是Oireachtas 委员会关于宪法第八修正案的建议。允许举行公投的立法于 3 月 28 日通过议会，公投日期定于 5 月 25 日星期五。这实际上标志着双方竞选活动的开始，尽管本月早些时候发生了集会。5 月初，在线广告方面出现了一个有趣的发展，当时 Facebook 禁止了爱尔兰境外广告商的所有与公投相关的广告，谷歌后来全面禁止所有与公投相关的广告。此举是在国际和爱尔兰日益关注在线广告的不受监管性质以及此类广告对民主的影响之后做出的（参见 Weckler 等人，2018 年）。公投最终以 66% 的赞成票和 34% 的反对票通过，投票率略高于 64%。公民投票在城市选区以压倒性多数获得通过；只有一个选区多尼戈尔以多数票反对公投。公投最终以 66% 的赞成票和 34% 的反对票通过，投票率略高于 64%。公民投票在城市选区以压倒性多数获得通过；只有一个选区多尼戈尔以多数票反对公投。公投最终以 66% 的赞成票和 34% 的反对票通过，投票率略高于 64%。公民投票在城市选区以压倒性多数获得通过；只有一个选区多尼戈尔以多数票反对公投。