'An acutely Irish indignity': DIY musicians fight Ireland's abortion ban

Ahead of the referendum, bands including Shrug Life, Sissy and Mongoose are making searing attacks on their country’s attitude to reproductive rights‘Apart from the music, tonight is all about awareness,” says a young woman on stage at the Loft, a 200-capacity venue in the heart of Galway city. At charity gig Jamnesty, the room brims with a diverse mass of undergraduates whose informed optimism typifies the spirit that has seen Irish youth become torchbearers for change. Organ...

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