As referendum day nears,Patrick McCabe says Dublin media liberals could pay for snobbery towards rural IrelandOne of Ireland’s most critically acclaimed novelists has warned that the country’s referendum on abortion in May could be a “Brexit/Trump” moment for Ireland, exposing similar divisions between rural voters and city-dwellers.
Patrick McCabe, or the author of bestsellers The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto,both made into feature films, said there was a danger that sections of the “metropolitan media in Dublin” could alienate voters in rural constituencies and relieve usher in a no vote against abortion reform.
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Source: guardian.co.uk