Enormous crowds of people lined the streets today in support of repealing the 8th Amendment.
Women and men are striking from work and went marching from noon today in a mass protest organised by Strike4Repeal.
People were encouraged to take the day off to show solidarity for the 11 Irish women a day who travel abroad to access safe and legal abortions.
The Strike4Repeal movement urged women to wear black to work today and organise lunchtime walkouts.
The result was a breath-taking show of solidarity from the people of Ireland.
A post-work demonstration also got underway at Parnell Square in Dublin in the last hour.
Earlier, a small group of pro-life campaigners gathered outside the Central Bank on Dame Street in a counter-protest.
From above @Strike_4_Repeal pic.twitter.com/uLwLA0FwB0
— repealproject (@repealproject) March 8, 2017
Thousands at #strikeforrepeal pic.twitter.com/l84AMYUET3
— Doctors for Choice (@Doctors4Choice) March 8, 2017
Amazing scenes of #strikeforrepeal in Dublin Ireland today. #internationalwomensday #repeal #trustwomen pic.twitter.com/xGOGimUnNm
— Sarah Duffy (@IamSarahDuffy) March 8, 2017
Not bad for a Wednesday evening... #strikeforrepeal pic.twitter.com/QWmyMD27Ch
— Stephen McDermott (@Ste_McDermott) March 8, 2017
#strikeforrepeal #skibbereen Not the church, not the state, women should decide their fate. pic.twitter.com/PJZJ1NXDGn
— Holly Cairns TD (@HollyCairnsTD) March 8, 2017